I didn't realize there were two distinct Colonial Dames organizations; however, insofar and Ann Dunham and her son and her granddaughters Malia and Sasha - they'd all be eligible for membership, right? -- I was certain I'd read something like that on a geneology website. I've also read, I think here at FR, that almost anyone who has any 18th century Southern ancestors, either white or black, that the chances are like 98% that you also have a Native American ancestor, most are Cherokee, but there's lot of other southeastern tribes, too.
Your French connections, are they Huguenot? Don't you (also) have ties to New Sweden, or is that another freeper?
Eleanor Roosevelt quit the DAR, right? Because they refused to allow Mahalia Jackson to perform, was that the correct incident?
That is absolutely fascinating about the Oneida ancestry, that sounds extremely complex!
French ties several different ways ~ recalling that the Protestant Revolution in France started at the TOP right within the Bourbonaise, it's pretty much the case that it's on "both sides" ~ that civil war (Religious War 1500s) split right down the middle of "the Family".
The gentleman who designed the Fort for New Sweden is also a De La Gardie ~ and that's a pretty good New Sweden connection.
Oh, yeah, and the rest of them were just brought here by their captors ~ but they made out pretty good.