Ancestry
July 25, 2014 at 9:49 pm
(This post was last modified: July 25, 2014 at 9:54 pm by CindysRain.)
I love reading about my heritage.
My main ancestry is Cherokee - Irish, which I thought was odd, but apparently it was very common.
"From the 1770s, a strong connection existed between the Cherokees and the Scots-Irish. As waves of Scots-Irish settled on the frontier, they lived, traded, fought and married the Cherokee. Millions of North Americans have Cherokee heritage because many mixed-bloods “passed for white” or blended into African American families.
By the time of removal in 1838, the Cherokee had thoroughly adopted white ways. They became Christians, developed an alphabet, printed a newspaper, held slaves, lived in towns, owned farms, and discarded the clan system. This created records."
I hate how badly they treated my Cherokee ancestors, then called them the savages! And to make matters worse, converted them to christianity.
Damn Irish should've left us alone!
I wonder how many Cherokee adopted "white ways" just to survive?!
Anyone else have any interesting facts about their ancestry?
My main ancestry is Cherokee - Irish, which I thought was odd, but apparently it was very common.
"From the 1770s, a strong connection existed between the Cherokees and the Scots-Irish. As waves of Scots-Irish settled on the frontier, they lived, traded, fought and married the Cherokee. Millions of North Americans have Cherokee heritage because many mixed-bloods “passed for white” or blended into African American families.
By the time of removal in 1838, the Cherokee had thoroughly adopted white ways. They became Christians, developed an alphabet, printed a newspaper, held slaves, lived in towns, owned farms, and discarded the clan system. This created records."
I hate how badly they treated my Cherokee ancestors, then called them the savages! And to make matters worse, converted them to christianity.
Damn Irish should've left us alone! I wonder how many Cherokee adopted "white ways" just to survive?!
Anyone else have any interesting facts about their ancestry?
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