quite a few of this breed who are still really racist towards others, namely blacks and mexicans, which i find really weird. Its just as likely though that this distant relative if they existed was black and not indian but that doesn't seem as romantic or appealing to them. I'm 1/4 native American, 1/2 central American (I guess alot of that will count as more native American, just more south) and 1/4 European. Well, I'm a white person who claims to be of Native American heritage and it's ACTUALLY true. My great grandfather (WE HAVE A PICTURE OF HIM AND HIS FAMILY ON OUR WALL)was full blooded Choctaw. His mother was full blooded Choctaw and my grandmother remembers his whole family being full blooded. I, however, unlike the many idiots who run about claiming they're "INDIAN" am only about 12.5% Choctaw because my mother is 25% and my grandmother is 50%. I hate people who claim they're of Native American decent and don't even have proof- I can't help but laugh at those kinds of people. IMHO, Native Americans should try not to be offended when they hear about a white (or black) person who says they have a great-grandmother or whatever who is Indian. They are just being honest. And much of the time, they are probably right -- there was and is a lot of intermarriage between Native Americans and whites. They're not taking anything away from you. They're not claiming some specialness. If they're proud of it,