holy cow. i sent a message to my nearest dna match. she is adopted.

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42. We also have a mix of physical characteristics in the different families

My father's mother and my father had black hair, dark brown eyes, and dusky complexions. On my mother's side, her great grandfather looked very exotic with sharp cheekbones and that line had a lot of people with black hair, but blue eyes. It would have been that man's grandmother who was rumored to be Indian - but according the to thee DNA trace that is too recent, unless she was actually only one quarter Indian.

Mom and her part of the family never agreed with the rumored Indian heritage, and as I said, she showed none. My cousin, who was a direct male line descendant of the possible Indian woman, also showed no trace. But if it was only passed through the maternal side, she may not have.

I still think it was more likely through my father's side - his paternal grandmother was from Canada and I have not nailed down every ancestor there, so there could have been a Canadian Indian ancestor. His mother's side goes back to the Mayflower and many of the earliest settlers so there may have been someone in the early colonies.