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- Tue Jul 06, 2021 6:34 am
- Forum: Cherokee
- Topic: Cherokee's in Mexico
- Replies: 2
- Views: 23467
Re: Cherokee's in Mexico
I was not going to comment here but I was very confused about seeing the Mexico and other Central and South American markers when I have one blood grandparent related to the Cherokee which came up as marker #2 right after marker #1 Chippewa. I assumed ancestors traveled but this is a whole new persp...
- Tue Jul 06, 2021 4:05 am
- Forum: Melungeon
- Topic: Does Gaines count for Goins?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 14327
Does Gaines count for Goins?
Hello, I have been looking for a Fannie Gaines who is on the birth certificate of my grandmother's mother, Annie Viola Seymore. I have been stuck. I have not been able to find anything more than a marriage between Fannie Gaines and John Seymore. Then, Fannie disappears. No US Census, no obituary, no...
- Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:24 pm
- Forum: Jewish
- Topic: Jewish markers with Iberian background
- Replies: 37
- Views: 222054
Re: Jewish markers with Iberian background
Supposedly it comes, along with green eyes, from French ancestry. I am not aware of a good book, article or site to recommend on this subject. Maybe others in this forum? I am very interested about the "it comes along with Green Eyes, from French ancestry." My Grandfather Cartwright was 1...
- Thu Jun 17, 2021 5:06 pm
- Forum: Melungeon
- Topic: Melungeon were Portuguese
- Replies: 7
- Views: 37319
Re: Melungeon were Portuguese
It is very interesting to me to find out about the Lu* female names. My 3rd Great Grandmother is the Cherokee line I have been tracking. Her name was Lucinda Reed (Reid) born 1859 in Tennessee. Then married names, married three times; Allen, Hines, Smith. Two cousins contacted me, Alvin Allen and my...