[COBOL2Java]

I had thought that I had some Native American in me until my Uncle did research and discovered that his grandmother (my great grandmother on my mother's side) was not a Native American from Quebec as I thought, but an 18th century Irish immigrant. She married a French Canadian Québécois and they later emigrated to the States, settling in Troy, NY.

Ancestry DNA later confirmed this, showing that 43% of my DNA came from Ireland/Scotland and 37% from France. The rest was from Spain and Italy.

Interestingly enough, Ancestry DNA recently acquired additional data which contributed to more accurate results: AncestryDNA Revises Ethnicity Estimates.

[COBOL2Java]

Whoops, 19th century immigrant. Sorry, great-grandma...

[Blogger]

My ancestors that I believe have some Cherokee are from North Carolina and Georgia. Sadly, some participated in the removal. It is said that those of NA ancestry were used to participate in the removal because they were trusted more. Two different descendants tried to get enrolled on the Dawes rolls when they came out. I don’t know they were able to prove anything though. Descriptions of the children during civil war era were black hair black eyes. So, I suspect the lore is true. Also have a g-g-grandmother who had black hair with a little grey in it while in her 80s. I think her Georgia GM was NA. That would put my NA ancestor to being born in 1774 on Dad’s side. Mom’s side is more recent. But still early 1800s.