Re: Ewings from MS/AL to Texas--Alexander, William Allen David II
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Re: Ewings from MS/AL to Texas--Alexander, William Allen David II
Kathy Roberts 5/01/10
Dear Ma'am,
I thank you for the word of advice.Having read thousands of these posts, I get the feeling that most posters are well familiar with the pratfalls of family tree research.I posted the exact phrasing as it was given to me by my great-grandmother, with the intent that experienced researchers could infer exactly what I was working with, as they have heard it before, time and again.
The legend of the "Cherokee Princess" is one that many of us have to suffer with in life--if there is not Cherokee princess, are we part cherokee or are we not? And if we are not, why was someone making it up?White Racists and people with Native American pedigrees love to taunt, right?
I am not the first nor the last who heard it that way, and only God knows why our relatives chose to word it thus.However, I think the term carries with it some not yet understood historical significance, much like "Black Dutch" does.