Blame it all on my roots.....

....I showed up in boots and ruined your black tie affair.

So Pocahontas is touting that her DNA test 'proves' she is Native American, albeit only .09 to 3 percent Native American. Hmmm, I think I probably am more NA than that. I remember my dad saying one time that his great (or great-great) grandmother was a Chickasaw.

I just chuckle reading about this. Who cares?! Warren identified herself as a 'minority' while teaching until she became tenured. OK, she is not the first person to fudge a resume! And maybe she honestly thought she was more NA than she really is because of her high cheekbones.

I claim to roughly 1/2 Italian and 1/2 Spanish but that is BS. I trace my last name back 7 generations to Policarpo Rogillio who was born in Lezua Albrete, Spain on 26 Jan 1762, came to America in 1780s and died in Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, 20 Aug 1832. My grandfather was born in Italy and came thru Ellis Island about 1907 at the age of 12 or so.

But to be 1/2 Spanish, every Rogillio since Policarpo would have had to marry a Spaniard.....which I know did not happen. My grandmother's maiden name was Denson and I can trace that back to the 1600s in Ireland.

But who cares!? I mean it's kind of fun tracing your heritage but really, if you go back 7 generations you have 128 'contributors' to your heritage!

So to wrap this ramble up....I can see where Warren might think she more NA than she is if for no other reason than her high cheekbone. I have a Mediterranean completion and dark brown, almost black hair....uh....well it used to anyway. So I figure 1/2 Italian and 1/2 Spanish is 'close enough'. I think I will just call myself 100% American.