Funny you mention this, Lynda. I was just thinking about that phrase while
reading your other posts. I've often joked that everyone in the South has a
great-grandmother who was a Cherokee princess, to hear them tell it,
anyway. I had no idea of any negative connotation to the phrase, though.
If I am to believe my living ancestors, the intermarrying on both sides of
my (Mississippi) family occurred at my great-great level. No princesses;
they were men. For all I know these "red Indians" (my grandparents' term)
were themselves of mixed descent and from who knows which side of the
sheets. As I've said before, as far as I can tell, my family have been poor
dirt farmers (hardworking and honorable) living among other poor families
since they came from poverty in Great Britain. No exotic tales. I guess
that makes me pretty white.
Cathy
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