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the hypotheses of many black families that insists
there was an American Indian ancestor in their
background. “The myth that we all have a Native
American ancestor is one I encounter everywhere
I go,” Dr. Gates said on his PBS series Finding Your
Roots, and I realized I was also encountering it.
Outside of those tales, there was nothing in
my amateur research to suggest my grandfather
was descended from a Native American woman.
No proof of any tribal affiliation, no records, no
names, and there was no genetic evidence in his
great grandson.
Kept looking at my son, trying to seize on some
feature of his that would help offset the unease
that had crept over me since I’d first seen the
results. His blanched almond skin. His delicate,
curly hair. That fat-bottom lip. Those espresso
eyes. He didn’t look like a little black boy. Barely
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