How can I tell what America Indian tribe my ancestors are from? I am a young American girl who is multi-ethnic. Half Italian, I have some features of my father (who is Italian), but I am curious about my maternal side. It is Tejano, if it is already mixed. She said her father to use "joke", saying his grandfather was Apache.
I saw pictures of my grandmother (mother's mother who died when my mother was a baby) and she has high cheekbones and almond beautiful (slightly slanted) eyes. Some of my cousins on my mother quite look American Indian (straight black hair, high cheekbones, jaw more defined, etc..) I had over the cheekbones, almond eyes and jaw. I am olive skin but I tan when I received the letter a reddish color. Many people also mixed although I was Filipino, I am not, but just to give you an idea of my features.
I was wondering how I can know that the ancestor is American Indian and if so, exactly what tribe, I have always loved American music, Indian art and history. It may sound corny, but I feel a bit "wired" so to speak. I have Native American art of various tribes, the music I like listening, and I love my Minnetonka moccasins .. anyway
P> S> (no offense to those who are) but I am not someone who looks completely white that comes from being broke.
I am a girl multi-ethnic American who is just trying to find his roots. Thank you! :-)
If your family does not talk about this generation, so if you have everything, probably so far behind. Also high cheekbones and are not a registered Native American. To be honest, you have described half of the Mediterranean, Northern / Eastern Europe and Asia. To find your tribe, if you have one, you need to go back to your ancestors in the Dawes / Baker Rolls where registered Indians gave their names, tribes, and the blood. If you do not hit the Indian before the early 1900s, you're probably only 1 / 64 Native American than you are. So technically you're not multi-ethnic until you have three or more sub-races, as East Asian, European and Black Africa. Until you can prove Native American history, you're not even biracial.
Posted on June 12, 2010.