Hmmm...
100% = I am 100% Choctaw
50%= My parent(1) was Choctaw
25%= My grandparent(1) was Choctaw
12.5%= My great grandparent(1) was Choctaw
6.25%= My great great grandparent(1) was Choctaw
3.125%= My great great great grandparent(1) was Choctaw
1.0625%= My great great great great grandparent(1) was Choctaw
For this little girl to be only 1.06% Choctaw, there has only been one Native American in her bloodline in the last seven generations.
The article states: “Her father, who had a criminal history, never lived on a Choctaw reservation and didn’t have any social, political, or cultural ties to the tribe, according to the court documents. But officials determined that Lexi is 1/64th Choctaw based on his ancestry.”
And:
“The documents said that Lexi is related to the Utah couple, who are not Native American, through her step-grandfather.”
Is a “step-grandfather” even a blood relation? Step grandfather, to me anyway, means something like the second husband of the grand mother AFTER she had the girl’s father.
Any “step” relation is by definition NOT biological.
I applause your grasp of math. Its, like, hard, you know?