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1. My maternal grandmother used to claim that she was "part Indian". Her middle name was Thibideaux
Thu Mar 8, 2012, 02:33 PM
Mar 2012

(not sure of that spelling,) and she was named after an ancestor named Thibideaux Flowers. Grandma was from Virginia, but I always got the impression the Thibideaux name was from farther south. I think I must have imagined it was New Orleans.

Other than that, which I'm sure they viewed as somewhat exotic, whenever you asked her or her husband "where is your family from?" they'd say, "America," or, if you persisted, you might get them to say, "Virginia." One of my cousins tried to do a family tree but found the records lacking. They were a a middle class family, just barely hanging on to the lower rung.

So, there you have it both more and less information than you requested.

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My maternal grandmother used to claim that she was "part Indian". Her middle name was Thibideaux lib_wit_it Mar 2012 #1
That is so typical! CountAllVotes Mar 2012 #10
United Lumbee Nation of North Carolina Semi_subversive Mar 2012 #2
Have you tried looking on the Dawes rolls? bigbrother05 Mar 2012 #5
Cherokee (KY group) Behind the Aegis Mar 2012 #3
how did the move go? Mosby Mar 2012 #6
It was gruling. Behind the Aegis Mar 2012 #7
I can imagine what it must have been like. Mosby Mar 2012 #8
I hope the move went well Broken_Hero Mar 2012 #13
I have lived in OK before. Behind the Aegis Mar 2012 #14
Miq'mak Maine-i-acs Mar 2012 #4
part Cherokee/Choctaw CountAllVotes Mar 2012 #9
my grandmother was Choctaw flyingfysh Mar 2012 #11
S-i-l, grandchildren and great grand children all are Ojibwa. jwirr Mar 2012 #12
Our son and daughter are registered members of the Yakima tribe...z Zoigal Apr 2012 #15
Great-grandfather was Cherokee. Jamaal510 May 2012 #16
Member of the Cherokee Nation, West. yellerpup May 2012 #17
Hello all, what tribes are represented at DU? brzysunset Jun 2012 #18
boozhoo !! unionthug777 Oct 2012 #19
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