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Originally Posted by suesiegel

You native american grandmother may not be listed as due to prejudice your family chose to deny her.

RE: 100% native american
That is historically unlikely. History shows that first of all the Indians were crunched together to to the white European invasion. They bred not only with whites but the Indian tribes were one of the few placed that would welcome runaway black slaves.

RE: Family stories
Like any other history, it changes till it is written down and once it is written it may not be true.
I compare what I know about my family with my sister. I know we were in the same family-I HAVE PICTURES TO PROVE THAT but what she knows her view of things is totally different then what I know.

We have had DNA tested, by our oldest. He is a physical anthropologist, DNA forensic to 5000 BC. Has dual PHDs Youngest publish by Smithsonian at age 20 and than 23. His specialty is Native Alaskan, Native American, Native Mexico, and Egyptian.

Ours is so extensive he actually bound it in a book. My Native American history was on both sides of my family. Majority of his data comes from actual bones, teeth, hair. In 1800s many people kept those items, not so morbid in those days. My great grandmother, and her sister are buried in a traditional mound, that has to be remounded, every two years. The family stories were more about what she was like, and her life before she died at such a young age. The church has 3 sections in cemetery, has a sign above each entrance, white, black and red. So we are very lucky to know she was 100% native, where she is buried, along with the rest of my family. His research takes years, for a project, and I am pretty sure it would have cost more than $75. We spent a lot of money on that education, but sometimes you get something knowledgeable in return.

I have asked him about the tests on today's market, but he does not have an opinion either way since you do not know how they run their tests.