>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <wayback71@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk"
> > <shempmcgurk@>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Better yet, some kid who's parents are in the Ku Klux
> Klan,
> > > sends
> > > > > off his
> > > > > > DNA sample and it shows a much more prominent African
link
> > > only
> > > > > two or three
> > > > > > generations back!
> > > > >
> > > > > Apparently, there's a DNA company out there that's using
DNA
> > > testing
> > > > > for the same reason...BUT for a different purpose: locate
an
> > > African-
> > > > > American ancestor so that you can take advantage of
> > affirmative-
> > > > > action!
> > > > >
> > > > I heard of an upper middle class family that is using the
> > father's
> > > very, very distant
> > > > American Indian heritage so his son can have an advantage in
> > > college admissions in a few
> > > > years, as well as maybe qualify for money. They could care
> less
> > > absout being Indian, they
> > > > just want the benefits.
> > > >
> > >
> > > This sounds strange since there are strict guidelines for how
> > close a
> > > relationship you have to have to be considered "Native
American"
> > by
> > > the US government...
> > >
> >
> > I don't know the U.S. law but in Canada you can be, literally,
> > 1/64th actual Indian blood and be officially considered
an "Indian"
> > and, yet, be 63/64ths Indian blood and be denied that
> classification.
> >
> > And if you get the "classification" there are very real and
> tangible
> > benefits and advantages to it.
> >
>
> Well, that's interesting. How does one show that one is 1/64th
> American indian, and get benefits, and 63/64th AMerican inidan and
> not?
>
The law as it stands today says that one parent has to be
classified "Indian". And live on a reservation.
Extrapolate the situation where one parent is Indian and the other
is non-Indian and then take it down several generations where the
offspring only marry non-Indians and you'll see that,
mathematically, you can have a descendant in 6 generations who is
1/64th of actual Indian blood is still legally an "Indian".
Now, not to get too confusing, but the current law was changed about
1985. Prior to that, your FATHER had to Indian in order to get the
Indian status. So, you could have someone in, say, 1870, and it was
the MOTHER who was Indian and the father who was non-Indian and
although this first generation individual was 50/50, they were
classified as non-Indian. Then assume that each generation's child
is a male who marries a full-blooded Indian female and you'll see
that in 6 generations the descendant would be 63/64ths actual Indian
blood but not have the right to be classified as "Indian".
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