Ancestry.com showed me a photo of my fathers grave. It has a Native American symbol on it. I asked my sister if she arranged that. She said she isn’t sure because it wasn’t on the urn of his ashes when they sent it to her. I am very curious and confused because who else would have done it. His ashes are buried in a veterans cemetery in Wisconsin. My question is do I have family that I don’t know on a reservation in Wisconsin? Maybe I do. I wonder if I will ever get back there to find out. My point in sharing this is at least you know where your ancestors are buried. Mine are all over the place. Scotland, Sweden, Norway, England. They sailed across an ocean and made their way to the US Midwest. A place just as fucking cold and miserable as the one they came from. Then my grandmother rebelled and married an Indian man. I know I had a point but now I am trying to imagine my father giving me advice about my writing other than “Don’t say that, don’t air the family’s dirty laundry in public “ I have lost the thread here but I’m glad I saw your post. Hope you are well and thriving.
I have Ancestry.com and I am aware of the fact that that my grandfather and father were counted in the 1930 “Indian census “ the mystery of the Native American symbol is that he never identified as native he always said I wasn’t raised that way I don’t know anything about it. All of his military paperwork says he was “White” his physical description was “Dark brown skin and ruddy complexion” he was only fooling himself.
Wow! That's interesting. I suggested 23andMe because it's a DNA test so it would tell you your exact genetic makeup, to supplement your interesting historical findings from Ancestry.com! But I get it if you don't want to give them your genome data, eek. Sending love!
Ancestry. Com does DNA testing too and I sent them a sample. I do know that native Americans tend to be wary of giving up DNA samples so they didn’t show up there. I do know my father’s father’s name so I want to go to the reservation and see if I am related to anyone still living and show them that I am not just another white woman claiming native ancestry. That I don’t want any benefits from the tribe. Just information.
Ah, got it! My mistake. Interesting. I guess it's impossible to test a sample of people who have never submitted their genome data! I love that you know your grandad's name. That's amazing, and sounds like quite the adventure! When you go to the reservation, please write about it. That's a story I'd love to read.
Wow, what an interesting story, Wren!! Thank you for sharing. Have you thought about doing a 23andMe test to learn more about your heritage? That could uncover a few more secrets. Father's Day is coming up, so it's no wonder these stories are coming to us! Let me know if you write your story (you've got most of it here). I'd love to read it. Sending love!
Ancestry.com showed me a photo of my fathers grave. It has a Native American symbol on it. I asked my sister if she arranged that. She said she isn’t sure because it wasn’t on the urn of his ashes when they sent it to her. I am very curious and confused because who else would have done it. His ashes are buried in a veterans cemetery in Wisconsin. My question is do I have family that I don’t know on a reservation in Wisconsin? Maybe I do. I wonder if I will ever get back there to find out. My point in sharing this is at least you know where your ancestors are buried. Mine are all over the place. Scotland, Sweden, Norway, England. They sailed across an ocean and made their way to the US Midwest. A place just as fucking cold and miserable as the one they came from. Then my grandmother rebelled and married an Indian man. I know I had a point but now I am trying to imagine my father giving me advice about my writing other than “Don’t say that, don’t air the family’s dirty laundry in public “ I have lost the thread here but I’m glad I saw your post. Hope you are well and thriving.
I have Ancestry.com and I am aware of the fact that that my grandfather and father were counted in the 1930 “Indian census “ the mystery of the Native American symbol is that he never identified as native he always said I wasn’t raised that way I don’t know anything about it. All of his military paperwork says he was “White” his physical description was “Dark brown skin and ruddy complexion” he was only fooling himself.
Wow! That's interesting. I suggested 23andMe because it's a DNA test so it would tell you your exact genetic makeup, to supplement your interesting historical findings from Ancestry.com! But I get it if you don't want to give them your genome data, eek. Sending love!
Ancestry. Com does DNA testing too and I sent them a sample. I do know that native Americans tend to be wary of giving up DNA samples so they didn’t show up there. I do know my father’s father’s name so I want to go to the reservation and see if I am related to anyone still living and show them that I am not just another white woman claiming native ancestry. That I don’t want any benefits from the tribe. Just information.
Ah, got it! My mistake. Interesting. I guess it's impossible to test a sample of people who have never submitted their genome data! I love that you know your grandad's name. That's amazing, and sounds like quite the adventure! When you go to the reservation, please write about it. That's a story I'd love to read.
Wow, what an interesting story, Wren!! Thank you for sharing. Have you thought about doing a 23andMe test to learn more about your heritage? That could uncover a few more secrets. Father's Day is coming up, so it's no wonder these stories are coming to us! Let me know if you write your story (you've got most of it here). I'd love to read it. Sending love!
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