Sorry to keep on just need to get this right, DNA even though the paperwork states she has Native American DNA or origins this would not prove Native American heritage just a DNA connection to a Native American family member somewhere in her direct past? So she could not say she is Cherokee German then? Or even indigenous Native American & German?
She cannot describe herself as "Cherokee German", or even "NA & German".
As far as I understood this haplo group matter, the mt-DNA is inherited in the female line. You have the same haplo group as your mother, she has the same as her mother did, and so on until the first female in that line who also had that haplo group. This means the person who was the first female in a line may have lived several hundreds or even several thousands of years ago. We're not speaking about a "family member somewhere in her *direct* past". Direct line - yes. Direct past - no way.
Furthermore, while Tanja has maintained her father was German and her mother Cherokee, she blew this with her inquiry in that legal forum in which she clearly said her mother was German. So where's any "Native" genetic material to come from?
What about GW and his adoption into the Backwater Band of the Lower Muskogee? The membership card he shows everyone does look real, but how real is real in his case. I did read on an earlier post it was fake. I must admit I have never trusted GW but always thought better of Tanya such a shock
The Blackwater Band never was a 'tribe' or part of any 'tribe', all they said on their website was they were 'descendants of Mvskoke'. This is a far cry from a statement like 'We are Mvskoke'. They also had neither state nor federal recognition, and they were not claimed by any recognised Mvskoke nation either. So we're rather speaking of a heritage club. Their website is down now and they seem to have stopped activities.
However, NAFPS discussed them, you will find the respective thread here:
http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=1735.0As you can see from the thread, Billington was never *adopted* into the Blackwater Band - all he received was an *honorary* membership.
You will also find this post in the thread whose poster reports that the Billingtons lost their honorary membership with the Blackwaters because they assaulted ndn persons in Europe:
http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=1735.msg11689#msg11689Nope the Blackwater Band is not officialy recognized by the Federal Gov,yes Francis Billington and Tonya Billington were given 'honorary' membership by the Blackwater clan.Yes the Billingtons assaulted members of the Indian Nations residing overseas and their 'honary membership was revoked as a result and yes Tonya Billington still falsely asserts she is Cherokee.Francis Billington also cooperated with and supported a fake Comanche plastic shaman by the name of John Colbert aka Pushican who also falsely claimed to have been in the Star Wars films. Billington even covered Colbert's behind on this when Colbert's involvement was being questioned by fan organisations, writing a confirmation on Colbert's behalf:
"... My professional name is Frank Billington-Marks ...
During my time in the industry I worked as a Prop Maker and Set Dresser first on the Star Wars film "The Empire Strikes Back" followed by "Return of the Jedi" as a prop maker ..."Billington continued contacts to Colbert even after Colbert had been sentenced for sexual abuse of a young woman who was a minor at the point in time the abuse happened (further details - warning, it's no easy reading! - in the thread on this - errrm: person:
http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=614.0 ). Colbert is deceased now, but before his death, fan organisations established that he never was involved in any of the Star Wars films. A fake from head to toe. What can we say? - Birds of a feather, perhaps?
