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She Never Wore Green |
Mary Aldrige was an original one of a kind person grew up in Arkansas eight of ten children Her parents were “black Irish” part of the legendary lost tribe of the Cherokee Nation although she was proud to be part-Irish she disliked St Patrick’s Day as her folks were Southern Baptists As were many of her clan neither trully Scotish, or Irish or Cherokee a tribe forgotten by history she refused to wear green thought that St Patrick’s Day was a fake holiday also thought Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Were Corporate BS fake holidays we were forbidden to celebrate either day My father was of Scandinavian and German American background between the two of them 18 nationalities swirled in my tangled bloodlines so on St Patrick’s Day I remember my Mother a real original daughter of Irish descent. She Never Wore Green" Please choose "Holiday" as one of your genres. This is based on my mother's story. She was part of the lost tribe of the Cherokee nation but referred to themselves as "Black Irish" and were mixed race part white. Black and Native Americans. They had run away into the hills to avoid the trail of tears in the 1830s. There are about 25,000 people in the so-called lost tribe which has been fighting for state and federal recognition for many years. My DNA tests show trace native and African ancestry, but mostly Northern European, and Celtic background, and some Spanish, Jewish, Russian, Ukrainian, Mongolian. and Basque ancestry. I just discovered a list of my mother's family members. Fascinating stuff. |