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My wife's family is Appalachian (WV) and what I've distilled is that anyone who could tan at all (ie not completely ghostly Scotch-Irish) was told "well that must be indian blood in you!"
And then later they tell their grandkids "Your uncle roy was part-cherokee!"
Then those kids grow up and tell their kids, "Your great uncle Roy's grandma was Tenskwatawa's sister!"
It's all just a bad game of telephone with foggy memories and no real fact-checking.
I'm Sitting Bull!