native americans?

Question

How to trace your native american heritage down to the percentage you are?

Answer 1

there arent very many native americans left since they were mostly killed off, most americans have native american in them especially blacks, during slavery some native americans helped the blacks out and etc. that is why u here so many blacks saying i have indian in me, but it was from hundreds of years ago. i have it in me, but it is most recent, my great-grandmother was cherokee

Answer 2

Figure out who in your family was full blood. That is 1/1 or 100%.
Then go down each generation and divide this number in half.

I will give you an example. If your great grandmother is 100% then her son, your grandfather, would be 50%, his daughter who is your mom would be 25% and you who is your moms child would be .125% or 1/8.

It can get complicated if you have two family members that have Native blood because then you are adding and subtracting etc..

Another example. Say the above is true and you are 1/8 but then you find out that your great grandmother was also Native, she was half (50%). If you do the math that would make you 1/16 from her side. So then you can add 1/8 and 1/16 and it'll bring you up closer to 1/4 or 25% Native.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

This depends upon how many Native American ancestors you have, how far back in the line they are, and the rules of ethnic inheritance.

If one parent is NA and the other not, then you are 50% (1/2) NA. If only one grandparent is NA, then you are 25% (1/4) NA. The percentage splits in half for every generation yo go back. The percentage is also additive. If you have 3 great-grandparents who are NA then each contributes 12.5% (1/8) NA. Since you have three of them, your total will be 37.5% (3/8) NA. Most tribes in the US require 12.5% (1/8) to be registered.

I am of French Canadian decent. Like many French Canadians I have a scattering of Native Americans in my lineage. Despite the popular theory of Whites against Indians the truth is more complex. In my case it was the French and those Native Americans allied with them (the Abinaki) versus the English and those NAs allied with them (the Iriquios and Micmac). My FC ancestors married NAs here and there.

Here's the ethnic rules part. The French and the Abinaki were both patrilineal societies. When a French woman married an Abinaki male she became Abinaki and all her children were Abinaki. When an Abinaki woman married a French man she became French and all her children were counted as French. My NA ancestors are all females married to FC. Therefor, although gentically I am of NA and Euro decent, I am not allowed to claim I am NA in any way, shape, or form.

Another Ethnic rule. When a NA child is born in the US, the child is registered with a tribe to be counted as NA. If the mother is Chickasaw and the dad is Apache the child is not registered as half and half. The parents have to choose one tribe to register with. They are free to choose either tribe.

Long story short - if you don't know what percentage of NA you may be, then you don't have enough to claim it on any official documentation.

Answer 4

Have to know what generation back was full or half or whatever... then from there keep dividing that amount in half for each generation down.

Assuming no more was added, if great grandparent was full then grandparent would be half, parents a 1/4, child 1/8...

As for the person who say that most people aren't more then 1/116th, that is absurd. There are plenty of people who are full blood and "mostly," and naturally there are going to be those of lesser fractions but more then 1/116th! I have only just a little but I'm between 1/16th and 1/32 at minimum...not much, but more then 1/116th...

Answer 5

Most people aren't more than 1/116th Native American anymore. I have native american from both sides of my family, but it still isn't very much. Also, you can't apply for native american grants or aid anymore. They set a deadline where people had to apply and it was back in December.

Answer 6

I'm not Native, but live in a Native area, Find ur local NATIVE ADGENCY, they should be able to get u going in the right direction.