Comments by "starventure" (@starventure) on "Why everyone has a Cherokee Grandma" video.

  1. I recently created a family tree for a friend of mine who was adopted at birth, with no knowledge of his parents at all. Using AncestryDNA, Gedmatch, and MyHeritageDNA, I was able to determine his father with certainty (an only child - easy) and tracked down his mother to being either one of two sisters. While examining his DNA, I noticed on his ethnic chromosomal paintings that there were a few areas that indicated as solidly meso-american in origin. I was able to resolve through DNA triangulation a few of the segments, and no joke...every darned one backtracked to an individual typically back in the 1700s who was either of confirmed or alleged Choctaw or Cherokee descent. Every single one. So, the likelihood of a significant number of modern day Americans having Native American ancestry is actually quite good, depending on the geographic area of ancestry. My personal opinion of ancestral indian mythology is that where there is smoke, there is fire and if there is enough assertion that someone in the past was of indian descent, it is worth investigation and should not be discarded out of hand.
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  2. Do you mean great grandmother? A grandmother from 1854 is a bit incredible.
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  3. Oh no, be very careful with the Dawes rolls. There was a ton of fraud involved with it, including people declaring themselves to be Native American just to acquire land in the territory.
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