tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post1149997793514834965..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: The Fauxcohontas Story Gets WorseClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-1092557420079015542012-05-09T17:32:40.633-06:002012-05-09T17:32:40.633-06:00On the subject of Family Tradition (capitals inten...On the subject of Family Tradition (capitals intentional), my Mother's family lived in St. Louis during WW2. My grandfather, naturally enough, worked there too. It had long been a family tradition that at some time he said something about the proscution of the war that someone didn't like, so the FBI came to his work one day to question him about it, being a native German speaker and all. My Grandmother, the story goes, was terrified of this attention, not quite understanding the difference between America and the old country <br />To verify this, and get a copy of the report, I wrote a letter to the FBI office both in St. Louis and in the National HQ. No record of such questioning exists. Now it might be that it was really the SLPD who questioned him, but I have to put this in the category of urban legend. <br /><br />As for Ms Fauxahontas, I think that someone would have seen to it that Grandma was not able to pass, so the whole native American ancestry thing passes into myth.<br />Much like Johnny Cash's belief that he had native American ancestry has been proven false.Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-70912583657277391722012-05-09T16:21:12.112-06:002012-05-09T16:21:12.112-06:00"Without that, all that can be had is guesswo..."Without that, all that can be had is guesswork." Easy to settle it - do a DNA test.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-7995878745432046222012-05-09T08:34:04.455-06:002012-05-09T08:34:04.455-06:00It's hypothetically possible that O.C. Sarah S...It's hypothetically possible that O.C. Sarah Smith Crawford was hiding whatever Cherokee heritage she had.<br /><br />However, depending on the evidence for her supposed Swede/English/Scot/German background, that assumption may be very shaky.<br /><br />I'm being generous here: one set of assumptions about Elizabeth Warren will lead to an automatic claim that this ancestor was hiding her Cherokee heritage. Maybe they will claim that she was rescued from the Trail of Tears by John Crawford.<br /><br />Another set of assumptions will lead to the conclusion that this piece of family history was not based on truth.<br /><br />The best way of resolving this is to connect Sarah Smith Crawford to some parents of known origin. Without that, all that can be had is guesswork. (And family tradition...)karrdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205160745963596856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-22585310926975100162012-05-08T23:01:43.076-06:002012-05-08T23:01:43.076-06:00In a just society, whether or not someone's di...In a just society, whether or not someone's distant ancestor was an Indian or an Indian hunter would be irrelevant to how we thought of her today or in determining what her opportunities might be.<br /><br />Sadly, we do not live in that society.Anon Y. Mousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-668609145348072112012-05-08T17:28:34.164-06:002012-05-08T17:28:34.164-06:00I had a grandfather that died in Auschwitz.
He ...I had a grandfather that died in Auschwitz. <br /><br />He fell off of the guard tower. <br /><br />/rimshotGladornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036666575371011307noreply@blogger.com