[GregoTX]

Many years ago I applied for a local gov job and checked "Native American" in the ethnicity section. Later during the interview, I was asked about my Native American status, as they seemed very interested in that. I finally told them I am Native American because I was born in America, making me a Native, and more specifically a Native Texan.
That seemed to end the interview early.

[RockinRight]

My mother says her great grandmother (my great-great) was 100% American Indian (Iroquois).

However, when searching on ancestry.com, the census record from 1900 shows said great grandmother as “white.”

Now, my mom says she remembers her vividly, but I question (not to her face) if it’s just a story and my mom misremembers...or maybe she was really white but “looked Indian”...or perhaps, she “passed” as white back then in rural West Virginia but was actually American Indian.