ANCESTRY……………………………………………………….???????
Okay so on my dads side I have Cherokee Indian, I’m about like 1/8. On my moms side I have chickasaw indian BUT I also have brittish. My great great(…..) grandfather was perigrene white, first white child born in the new world. Okay so anyways, I have dark dark almost black hair and i have light brown eyes and tan skin which turns very tan in the summer. Also I am short with high cheekbones. Are my dark hair, light brown eyes and skin ne from my indian ancestry? Also would being short come from brittish or indian? ( Most of the women on my mothers side are short)
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First, the first white child born in the American Colonies was a female! Secondly, when the whites "discovered" the New World, the Natives (men) averaged about 6′ in height. Most peoples in the world today average close to that. High cheekbones have been associated with Native Americans, but also many other peoples worldwide, including the Welsh.
The thing of it is, you really cannot determine, accurately, where your ancestors came from by facial appearances, shape of head, hair/eye color, skin tones, etc. There are albino black people; there are blondes being born to the aboriginals in Australia; folks in Japan and Africa with blue eyes. All of these are determined by genetic mutations. Whether or not they become common or extinct depends wholly upon who marries whom. It is that simple. The Master (Darwin) claimed that such mutations are handed down for 100 generations. Within the past 100 generations, everyone on earth is related! (See: "Mapping Human History: Discovering the Past Through Our Genes" by Steve Olson).
So, if you want to know about where such features might have come from, do some digging. (Warning: not one source that I have ever found re my ancestors ever mentioned such things as hair/eye color, height, or any other such feature, so don’t be disappointed if you do not find out anything.) But, try all of the following:
You should start by asking all your living relatives about family history. Then, armed with that information, you can go to your public library and check to see if it has a genealogy department. Most do nowadays; also, don’t forget to check at community colleges, universities, etc. Our public library has both http://www.ancestry.com and http://www.heritagequest.com free for anyone to use (no library card required).
Another place to check out is any of the Mormon’s Family History Centers. They allow people to search for their family history (and, NO, they don’t try to convert you).
A third option is one of the following websites:
http://www.searchforancestors.com/...
http://www.censusrecords.net/?o_xid=2739...
www dot usgenweb dot com/
www dot census dot gov/
http://www.rootsweb.com/
www dot ukgenweb dot com/
www dot archives dot gov/
http://www.familysearch.org/
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/...
http://www.cyndislist.com/
www dot geni dot com/
Cyndi’s has the most links to genealogy websites, whether ship’s passenger lists, ancestors from Africa, ancestors from the Philippines, where ever and whatever.
Of course, you may be successful by googling: "john doe, born 1620, plimouth, massachusetts" as an example.
Good luck and have fun!
Check out this article on five great free genealogy websites:
www dot associatedcontent dot com/article…
Then there is the DNA test; if you decide you want to REALLY know where your ancestors came from opt for the DNA test. Besides all the mistakes that officials commonly make, from 10% to 20% of birth certificates list the father wrong; that is, mama was doing the hanky-panky and someone else was the REAL father. That won’t show up on the internet or in books; it WILL show up in DNA.
I used http://www.familytreedna.com which works with the National Geographics Genotype Program.
And, if you still want to know about features, check with a geneticist.
Took a dissection of you statement to try an figure out your question. All the things you seem to be asking about hair & eye color, skin tone, and height are all genetics and have nothing to do with genealogy. To answer both questions yes-most likely, your appearance is a combination of the genetic traits from your Native American and British ancestors. Genealogy is the study of generational direct bloodline relatives.