07-30-2009, 04:42 PM
Zouji Wrote:He married a full bloodied Native American woman. Yes it's not just a family legend we have the records to prove it. No I don't know what tribe she was from since my family conveniently ignores that part of our bloodline. Based off of the tribes around the region I grew up in, I would guess she was either of one of the many Cherokee or Creek tribes in that area.
This is actually very common. It is actually a misconception that most Irish immigrated to New York during the late 19th century. Even more migrated to Oklahoma during the land grabs. That is exactly where most of the native Americans from the east coast were migrated to as well. The end result is a bunch of Irish in this country have some nativie American blood in them.
Hell even a bunch of native Americans ended up take a bunch of Irish names. They lived side by side for 50 years up until the 1930's when many Irish migrated again out to California during the depression/dust bowl days.