Fake Native ancestries

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After reading Steve's posting of this link, I passed it on to the new education specialist at Surratt House Museum because I knew he had Cajun and Creole ancestors. Not surprisingly, he is descended from Catherine Lejeune, one of those mentioned in the article:

"Interestingly enough, I am a descendant of Catherine Lejeune through two of her children--this is an example of why we learn at a very young age that all Cajuns are cousins. She is something like my 12x Great Grandmother. I always found it quite ridiculous that people claimed she was Mi'kmaq since there is a clear paper trail to her birth in France, probably Martaize. While I am not related to Catherine Pillard, I do have a number of ancestors that were fille du roi. I have always wondered what it was like for them."