Posted on 02/07/2018 4:07:30 AM PST by SJackson
Hahahaha...at least we have some humor this morning
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Beat me to it! Haha!
Just wait until he has to fill in the 2020 Census papers!!!
One of the things that allowed the Hessians to tell British soldiers from American was that the Americans were "Biscuit colored" in other words, of mixed heritage. Lots more guys came over then girls.
And no, aside from a story to tell your children it does not get you anything.
So I guess in Bruce Bawer's case it does not get him anything.
Good one! My husband has a similar story. He is 82 and when he was a little boy he asked his great aunt if he was part Indian. He wanted to be so badly. She said “ yes, there was an Indian grandmother, but don’t worry, she was the white folks kind Indian”.
He was one happy little boy!
No kidding. One of my favorites is how one of my great great uncles got fined a dollar, (a lot of money back then) for "Horse racing on a Sunday". I never was able to find out if he was a rider or the bookie.
Part of me would really like to do one of those tests. However, I know that the information would be sold, given, or just left for multiple to find.
And in looking at my family tree, I do wonder just who is in that woodpile. My late grandmother used to joke that my matriarchal line has been kicked out of every country in Europe, and my patriarchal line is banned from ever returning to an island by Sweden for drinking and fighting.
The later may be why I was raised to hate the Swedes. The former is why I sometimes wonder just what that side really should identify as. German, Dutch, Romanian, maybe some Greek. They had a taste for travel and exotic wives.
Keep looking. You might find a family connection to Elizabeth Warren.
No matter who you are, if you look high enough in the family tree you'll find ancestors you never could have imagined--including some who are not white/European, or whatever you have learned to identify yourself with. It would be such fun to be able to know them all. What surprises there would be!
Oh wake up those sleeping ancestors. They could turn out to be your most interesting ones!
My wife had the opposite experience. She was convinced that she was part Native American. Some members of her family looked like it. We tested her DNA. Nope. Sorry. All Western Europe. What a disappointment.
I woke mine up a few years ago going through FramilySearch.org (it’s free). My great-great-great grandfather and his brother fought in the siege of Ninety-Six (SC) during the Revolution. The brother was killed. Digging a little deeper I found they were Tories (Loyalists) fighting the American General Nathaniel Greene. Later this ancestor’s grandson fought in the Civil War in a Texas cavalry unit (CSA). These fellows kept on picking the wrong side!
I remember a recent news item saying that one of those DNA-ancestry companies was reporting that everyone has black blood ‘just to screw with people.’ Does anyone remember that item?
not for nothing but my cousin is in fact the lawyer for the native American people, getting them $ and rights, yes like casinos. I could hook you up if your ever interested.
your Huguenots were they in newburgh ny? if so you intersect with my tree, dutch, French, the first muslim in new Amsterdam, the longest running lawsuit in the usa. My tree is currently at 68,000, no Indians yet but one line goes back to Charlemagne.
All that to brag on his being a queer.
HOMOSEXUAL, because there’s nothing GAY about it.
Unless I slipped a digit, that is one part in 2,048 Indian. Anyway, that is still a LOT more than Lizzie.
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