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Cathy Drury Connell
Cathy Drury Connell ✭
February 27, 2022 edited February 27, 2022 in Family Tree

I am trying to find out if one of my great grandmothers was a Cherokee her name is (5th great grandmother} (3rd great grandmother) Thamar Martha Taylor, and Elizabeth "Appa mnu Coreetuk" Martin (Lumbee) in the Carolina area. I have been trying to validate that they were Cherokee and not just a legend I hope you can help me

Thanks

Cathy Drury Connell

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  • Brett .
    Brett . ✭✭✭✭✭
    February 27, 2022

    @Cathy Drury Connell

    Cathy

    Welcome to the "Community.FamilySearch" Forum.

    I am just another 'lowly' User/Patron ...

    Just in passing ...

    Not that I can be of any help/assistance ...

    But ...

    That Said ...

    As an aside ...

    IF, you are not aware; and/or, have not already; THEN, ...

    There is a 'Group', in the "Groups" Section of this "Community.FamilySearch" Forum, that you may wish to consider "Joining" (especially, if your are not already a member); and, resubmitting this post of your, in that particular 'Group'.

    The members of the 'Groups', are only too will to help/assist; where, they can.

    And, please be aware, that one must "Join" a 'Group', to submit a post, in a 'Group'.

    The particular 'Group" to which I refer is:

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    Good Luck.

    I hope, that this may help/assist, somewhat.

    Brett

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  • Dennis J Yancey
    Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
    February 27, 2022 edited February 27, 2022

    have you considered doing any DNA testing?

    (though DNA may or may not always give a clear and specific answer) especially if the full blooded Native connection is beyond like 5-6 generations.)

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  • A van Helsdingen
    A van Helsdingen ✭✭✭✭✭
    February 27, 2022 edited February 27, 2022

    One rule of thumb says any ethnicity amount under 5% should be treated with suspicion. You will inherit about 12.5% of your DNA from a great-grandmother, and if she was fully Native American then a reliable DNA company such as Ancestry.com should detect the Native American DNA. However a 3 times or 5 times great-grandmother is too far back for DNA. The exception however is she is on the direct female line (i.e. your mother's mother's mother's ....). In the case, a mtDNA test from FamilyTreeDNA will tell you your haplogroup, and then you can see if that haplogroup is a Native American or European haplogroup.

    I hope this helps.

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