Just found out that I may be 1/64 Cherokee

[ashling]

no big deal, but it is kind of interesting

[HopeHoops]

1. My two Susquehannan ancestors date back to the late 17th century, but still shows.

You're much closer with 1/64 (my fraction is lost in the noise), but my mom, me, and my youngest daughter all show the traits - primarily round faces and a propensity to change race with minimal exposure to the sun. My elder two daughters show no such attributes. Genetics is a complicated thing.

[ashling]

3. That's from just one great-great ... grandmother

Who knows what all else - some German, some French (Heugonots) most recently a lot of Scotts-Irish, possibly some Kenyan (every good Democrat has some Kenyan LOL)

[HopeHoops]

5. Gee, who would that Democrat be? Hmm. Wife and I are both German/Brit mutts.

There's obviously other stuff thrown in there, but that's our main lineage.

[caraher]

2. Don't let Scott Brown hear that!

He'll demand to see your papers...

[Moondog]

6. * snicker *

[ohiosmith]

4. I was too, until I got a nosebleed!

[vaberella]

7. Congrats. n/t

[Digit]

8. My uncle had told me we were part Cherokee before he died

At one time I was researching my family tree but never managed to get back too far, and never found a Cherokee connection.

It may be the truth or may not. I did enjoy the research though!

How far back did you have to go?