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I am supposedly part Native American, but I and my family are light-skinned and look Anglo. I dont tan very well. I burn easily. Is it possible to be of Native American descent and be so fair-skinned?
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Name : Tim, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Religion : Christian, Age : 34, City : Seattle, State : WA, Country : United States, Occupation : teacher, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,I am Native American and tan very easily, but my daughter is blond, blue-eyed and as fair as can be, although her father (German and Irish descent) is olive-skinned and has black hair. Go figure. European people are so diverse in their coloration that anything is possible.
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Name : Marie22245, Gender : F, Race : American Indian, City : Philadelphia, State : PA, Country : United States,Part native here, too. It’s a question of genetic dominance. They say a male inherites a Y chromosome from the father and an X from the mother. Technically, you may not be part native at all. However, there is a blond tribe in southern California, and I have seen a few pure Cherokee with the full range of hair colors. Many Northeastern Indians are black-haired with very fair faces, while some Southwestern Indians have curly hair. The beard growth legend is pure B.S., and you will see that this is so from plenty of old photos of them. The natives who liked to be bare often did not stop at the scalp.
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Name : Minion20473, City : n/a, State : CA, Country : United States,Take it from me, the whitest of all the Seneca Indians: Yes! I have red hair and fair skin (not as fair as most redheads) and yet am still Seneca, and am on my tribes rolls and involved and everything. I’m also part Irish and Danish.
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Name : sarah, Gender : F, Race : American Indian, Age : 25, City : Amherst, State : MA, Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College,Native American people, like black people in the United States, come in all shades, sizes and shapes.
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Name : k.d., Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Disability : learning disabilities, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Wiccan, Age : 24, City : shaker heights, State : OH, Country : United States, Occupation : city year corps member, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,My grandmother and great-grandmother are of Native American descent and are very light-skinned. In fact, they actually passed for white. It could be in part that some Native Americans were slaves and some interracial relations occurred. But, I do believe there are some tribes that are very fair-skinned.
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Name : Ayana, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, Age : 26, City : Detroit, State : MI, Country : United States, Occupation : Manager/Student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class,Once genetics start mixing, it’s impossible to predict exactly what will happen. My experience with mixed-race families (including my own) is that a variety of characteristics show up. Skin color also varies significantly by tribe. As in other categories, there is often more variation within race than between.
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Name : John, Gender : M, Religion : Native American, Age : 54, City : St. Paul, State : MN, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Just how much of your blood is Native American? As for me, I have a Native American great-great-grandfather, but nearly all the rest of my ancestors are of German lineage, so I myself am blond and ridiculously fair. Definitely it’s possible. And then, there are also historical reports of a few fair Indians, particularly the Mandans, though it is not certain how they happened to be fair – if they were immigrants or simply fair natives.
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Name : Jamie Dorn, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 21, City : Lincoln, State : NE, Country : United States, Occupation : Student,A couple years ago a friend of mine found out her father was Native American. You’d have never guessed it from looking at her big green eyes, fair, freckly skin, button nose and light brown hair. She just took after her white mother. And though my great-grandfather Leonard had a great deal of Indian ancestry, I’m a pale little mushroom. So, yes, you can be part Native American and still look white. Family stories usually have some degree of truth behind them. Look deeper into your family’s history. Find your oldest relatives and gather as much information as you can.
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Name : Hallie21401, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 19, City : Columbus, State : OH, Country : United States, Occupation : student, Social class : Middle class,Yes, it is very possible to be part Native American and be fair-skinned and not tan easily. People have dominant and recessive traits. Being part anything doesn’t necessarily mean you will display physical characteristics of that group. It simply means you will carry the genes for those characteristics.
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Name : Gabriela, Gender : F, Race : White and Black, Age : 23, City : Bethesda, State : MD, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College,You’re only part Native, meaning there’s a bigger part of you that is something else. That means you most likely look like that something else! . Most Native Americans (American Indians) are mixed with whites from a long time ago. There aren’t too many purebloods out there. So of course if they have kids with a white person, the majority of their kids will look white. If you’re part, you are just that ‘part,’ which doesn’t mean you’re full. So the chances are great for you to look like something else. I’ve met part Indians who look black. I’ve met part Japanese who looked whiter than a Scandinavian. I’ve met part whites who look Asian. Basically what I’m saying is if you’re part, so don’t count on your part features to be so strong. In other words, you won’t look like a genuine Indian. I’m half Apache, and I doubt my kids will look Apache unless I have kids with another Apache.
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Name : Little-Dove, City : Rancho Cucamonga, State : CA, Country : United States,I think there is an important distinction that needs to be made here. Regardless of what yur skin-tone or hair look like, whether or not you are considered ‘Native American/American Indian/Indigenous’ goes beyond your DNA. It depends on how you live your life. I know several ‘card carrying full-bloods’ who know nothing of their languages, stories, songs, dances – they live on the rez and have access to a wealth of knowledge and do not care. And there are those mixed-bloods, may not have cards, blonde hair, blue eyes, and they know the language, they know the stories, they know the truth of the People. Before accepting or relaying the information that ‘you are Indian’, everyone must stop and understand what ‘being Indian’ truely means. It goes beyond a ‘cool’ family history. There is an obligation to past and present generations. If you truely believe you are of ‘Native American Ancestory’, my question to you is, ‘What are you planning on doing about it?’
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Name : Joy29160, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Native American and Caucasain, Religion : Native American, Age : 32, City : Winston-Salem, State : NC, Country : United States, Education level : 2 Years of College,You should look more into your family’s history to determine if you are Native, going on looks alone is never a really good indicator. For example I am native and my younger sister and I are quite pale but my youngest sister is much darker than us. This is caused by some genetic throw back in her genes. You can never really tell what people are these days. Also different tribes were different shades of Brown, those from the south tended to be darker while those more north were fairer or had more tawny complextions.
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Name : Kari, Gender : F, Race : American Indian, Age : 19, City : Seattle, State : WA, Country : United States,
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