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by jodyb
Tue Jul 06, 2021 6:34 am
Forum: Cherokee
Topic: Cherokee's in Mexico
Replies: 2
Views: 31364

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...
by jodyb
Tue Jul 06, 2021 4:05 am
Forum: Melungeon
Topic: Does Gaines count for Goins?
Replies: 1
Views: 20564

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...
by jodyb
Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:24 pm
Forum: Jewish
Topic: Jewish markers with Iberian background
Replies: 37
Views: 274005

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...
by jodyb
Thu Jun 17, 2021 5:06 pm
Forum: Melungeon
Topic: Melungeon were Portuguese
Replies: 7
Views: 51892

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...

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