...may not be provable, but that doesn't mean it's not there. I've been
reading some of these CARNES Archived queries. Your CARNES may not be
indian, but their wives were more likely than not - indian.
YDNA only takes you through the male's father's father's father, etc.
mtDNA takes you though the mother's mother's mother, etc.
Then you have to factor in "adoption", multiple marriages, no marriages,
etc. etc.
My mother's mother's mother's line did not not reflect "native
american", However, it showed "sephardic jew" from Tunisia, Africa.
My mother's mother's gr gr grandfather was "free person of color" in the
1830 NC census.
My mother's _father's_, mother's (CARNES) line is strongly native
american. (Not showing up in my mtDNA.
I grew up in Tulsa, OK as a "white child" with dark skin and long
straight black hair, green eyes, and a passion for the indian culture,
art, etc. My two sisters, both younger than I, never felt that "indian"
passion. One had dark skin & brown hair, brown eyes. The other had
freckled, peaches & cream complexion with blue eyes. The latter looked
like my dad - a whole lot German. The one before her was said to look
like my mother who, in retrospect, looked Jewish. And I was the indian,
said to look like my father's mother. My mother's folks were dead (her
mother looking jewish? indian? by the time I was born - at which time,
the onlookers were saying, "Look at that cute little indian baby." And
my father would say to them, "That's no indian. That's my baby."
My mother denied "indian" to her death, telling me at 12 years of age
never to mention being indian again. This was when she overheard me
asking her brother/my uncle if he didn't think we were part indian. At
which time, he immediately said, "Yes, I do.".
So, if you sense that there is indian blood, or jewish, or black, or
???, keep persuing it.
Gerre Byrd