Re: Did anyone ever prove the Helton Indian?
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Did anyone ever prove the Helton Indian?
Tari St.Marie 8/05/06
I recently participated in the http://www.familytreedna.comhttp://www.familytreedna.com project. My family had filled out the Cherokee Applications years ago and our family history was like many of yours.We were always told that we were of Native American descent. My test came back positive for Native American Q DNA. I would encourage all of you to take the test.My genealogy testimony is this.My family lived next door to another set of heltons for 150 years.We thought we were kin to each other.When we took the test we were shocked to see that we had separate DNA lines.It will not tell you how you connect but it will tell you who you connect to.The ultimate test for tribal membership is not DNA. It is having an ancestor on the Dawes Rolls.Blessings Mike Helton