a weird thing from the founding era when prominent southern families wanted to seem more American than others
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I don't think it's exclusive to racists: see, for example, Warren, Elizabeth
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once I heard it's a common way in the South to hide distant *black* ancestry
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it's a piece of genealogical mythology that runs in a lot of families.
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At best it's self-romanticization. It's also a way to claim your people aren't recent immigrants.
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_Custer Died For Your Sins_ had a bit on the many folks claiming an Indian grandmother.
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And as others have noted, it's a way to account for any not-quite-white relatives.
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