How did you trace your Indian ancestors to find out who they were ?
We know our GGrandmother was Indian but it doesn’t show up in DNA tests
Her name was Alabama and her sister name was Missouri
I did.
Fortunately for me both my great grandfathers (5th and 6th on different lines) were quite famous dudes. Menewa a Chief (Miko) of the Creek and was wounded 7 times at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, but survived and was one of the leaders of the Red Sticks. He died somewhere in Arkansas on the Trail of tears. I'm descended from one of his daughters who stayed behind and covered up her Native American ancestry.
Opoethleyohollo was a famous dude too. He also fought at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. He was only 16 at the time. (Which was a grown ass man back then.) he later became Speaker of the Creeks which sometimes and sometimes not had the title of Miko (Chief). He sent The Law Menders over to Georgia and had William McIntosh's home burned down and they killed McIntosh and his sons for signing a treaty with the State of Georgia seceding all the Creek lands in Georgia. Opoethleyohollo was also driven west, but he too a bunch of Red Sticks with him and eventually dies in Kansas after being relentlessly chased by the Texas Cavalry because they wouldn't take up arms against the Union Forces and join the Confederacy during the Civil War. He died in Union controlled Kansas and there is a small monument to him in a park in there.
I say all that because it was easier to find those guys, because there is all kinds of stuff written about them.
I did my DNA, but like Skinny says above all of my Indian blood was already diluted with Scottish blood from the get go and then all the intermarrying of the daughters, granddaughters, etc... of those two guys even diluted it more until it doesn't even show up.
Fortunately for me the Chief of our tribe contacted me through Ancestry.com and as it turns out our DNA matched! I'm the Miko's 3rd cousin. So I submitted all my genealogy research to the tribe along with birth certificates and marriage records and I was accepted.
So that's the way it all went down. I honestly feel very blessed to be a part of this group. They are all really cool people and it's like one big family reunion every time we all get together.
