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marble falls

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4. The other thing it cleared up. Both my and my wife's family had these elaborate stories of ...
Sun Aug 26, 2018, 08:38 AM
Aug 2018

Native American blood and who it was and how they fit in. The DNA reports neither she no I had a drop despit both of our families being here in the US since the 1740's.

I went drafting school in Arizona as a young man and sat next to a Navajo man. I told him I had 'Indian' blood, too.
"Oh," he said, "what tribe?"
"Cherokee." I replied.
"Hahahahahahahahahha! All you white people have Cherokee blood!"


These tests can open good healthy healing conversations. And maybe a can of worms or two.

I recommend it.

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