Posted on 04/06/2010 10:19:20 AM PDT by JoeProBono
I just lost my best friend to that dreadful disease. She was 66...two months younger than myself.
My Dear Cousin in Talala OK was Good Friends with Chief Wilma.
She is heartbroken.
Yes, when I typed that Mankiller was half Dutch & Irish, I meant Wilma.
I realized that. :) Wilma Mankiller’s father was Cherokee. It is Wilma’s mother who is half dutch & Irish. Her ancestors I posted above. Her great great grandparents both were born in the Cherokee Nation east.
I think you mean that Wilma's mother was full Dutch & Irish.
Maybe we're each using different colloquialisms, and that's why there seems to be a misunderstanding. So, to clarify further:
When I say someone is half Dutch & Irish, I don't mean that person is half Dutch and the other half Irish. I mean half of their ancestry is Dutch/Irish. Half of Wilma's ancestry was Dutch & Irish through her mother's side. To be honest, I've never heard anyone say it your way.
Where I live, if someone were to say a person was "half Dutch & Irish," it would indicate there was another half that was some other ethnicity. But, Wilma's mother, as far as we know, was only of Dutch & Irish descent.
Yes, Wilma's other half was Cherokee through her father's side, as I pointed out in my first post: "Ms. Mankiller is half Dutch & Irish. That might explain how she 'grew up to become' American Indian. She began to explore the Cherokee side of her ancestry when she was an adult."
But, your point is well-taken: It's probably unfair of me to say that's why she grew up to become an American Indian. According to some accounts, she became more active in exploring that side of her heritage as an adult (sort of like Obama explored his Kenyan side), but that doesn't mean she wasn't always Cherokee (half, that is. Considering her concern about blood quantum, it's not unfair to point out hers.)
OH! I get it now. I misunderstood. Sorry!! You are right. LOLL I stupidly thought you meant she was half Irish & half Dutch. DOH me!
That’s OK. :-)
Have a good day!
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