I found my family names (cherokee) on the Indian roll calls.
We too are supposedly Cherokee, I have looked at the rolls. I have come to believe she was adopted and given a European name. All I have are family stories about her looks and that she hid her Indian heritage. I can trace her family name back to when they came to America, same as my great-grandfather. To me this means there has to be an adopted child somewhere for the Indian blood to be introduced. They moved to NW MO when it was still wild, which would have helped her hide. All census forms list her as white. Sadly, I think I'm at a dead end until the Cherokee nation will accept DNA as proof of heritage.