My Grandma Nina was asked by her Eye Surgeon, WHO WAS GIVING HER BRAND NEW PLASTIC LENS, if she was German. He thought since her check bones were so high and her eyes so deep set, he thought maybe she was German. My Nina said, �NO, I'M AN AMERICAN". He laughed. She sure surprised him.
Also when she was getting MY PAPA�S DEED Notarized, the Banker asked Nina, if she was Italian because she is Olive complexion and dark haired. She forgot to mention, she was some kind of Spanish and just told him she was Choctaw from Oklahoma also. Of course, everyone from Oklahoma is some sort of Indian.
She showed the Banker, her drivers license ID and he told her she was definitely the �REAL THING�. SO GUESS WHAT? THAT MAKES ME THE �REAL THING� ALSO SINCE I AM HER GRANDCHILD.
She lives in Arizona now. Papa teaches Computers and is the IT at Many Farms High School in Many Farms, Arizona.
But this is an example of my heritage. A synopsis of all my Grandparents. I am her 7TH Grandchild, so I guess I am A �REAL THING, AMERICAN also.
But I will tell you how I came to be AN AMERICAN.
My PAW PAW'S family came from England. My Dad's Dad was English. So that makes me English as well. And my Dad's Mom, My Maw Maw's Mom, was full blooded German. So that makes me an eighth German. There could be some French and maybe Indian, from Maw Maw's Dad's side, so that makes me French and some sort of Indian from Louisiana maybe.
Also my Mom and Dad like tea and my older sister Safir, so guess that is the clincher to having English Blood in me.
And they all like Boudan so guess that is the Louisiana part of me. I will like Boudan when I get old enough to eat it. I have to get teeth first. So I will probably like to have Tea Parties too with my older Sister Safir, and my Mommy and Nina.
My Mom�s Dad(Papa) is Cherokee from his Mom's side. She was supposedly a fourth Cause my Great Grandma�s Grandma was supposed to be full blood Cherokee. She would be my Great, Great, Great Grandma. So that makes me some Cherokee. Plus other Stuff, but don't know what else her Papa�s Dad was, my Great Grandpa that is.
My Nina is Choctaw. Plus, she says she is part Portuguese maybe of the tribe Molungeon�s, because her Great Great Grandpa, came off a ship and was married to a Cherokee so he was a mix. Now it was a Portuguese ship, but Grandpa Papa says, being darker skinned don�t always mean he was Portuguese, since Sailors came from all over, he coulda been an Italian Sailor or some other European but Grandma Nina�s 2nd Cousin Michael said, they could be Molungeon�s. Who really knows that�s quite a way back, but I figure it�s OK, they are on American Soil and that counts Big Time.
My Great Great Grandma on Nina�s side is a McDuffee so I am also Scottish from my Mom.
My Nina�s Grandma on her Dad's side, who is my Great, Great Grandma, had a Choctaw Roll Number. I am getting my Indian Card, just like my Sister Safir, and my Double Cousins-The Levin�s Clan, Princess, Singer, Strummer and Seeker . Also getting it because my Great Grandma had a Roll Number on the Dawes Roll, which proves I do have Indian Blood in me. An Original Native of America, part of me seem�s to be.
I suppose this needs Family Trees to keep up with it all, but I am just sharing a shortened version of my Ancestors. Someday we'll get it all together in Family Trees & I will like that, because it might get easier to read about my Ancestors that way. But for now, this is just a short Book for Nina & others to read, to me & my Sister Safir, as a Bedtime Story someday!
Wow, I guess that makes me so many things, as you can see. I am surprised I can�t even remember all of these different peoples, but Nina can.
My Nina can do anything. She tells me this, anyway.

So from all these mixes, long ago, there are more mixes now. But I also have Full Blooded People in my past. They were AMERICANS too. So Full Blood or Mix, it doesn't matter, when you are born in our Land or Naturalized as Citizens, you become AMERICAN too.
First we are AMERICANS, then we are 'what we are'. That is very important to the good welfare of our Country.
To God also, who likes the part that says, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. YES, GOD IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COUNTRY. IN FACT, HE'S THE FIRST PART OF OUR COUNTRY! CAUSE HE'S NUMBER UNO. In fact, God sets up Leaders and takes Leaders down, so for sure he is greatly needed in our Country today. And as long as we 'pray to God', about all our needs, he has promised, 'NEVER TO LEAVE US NOR FORSAKE US.� SO he will help us in all our troubles and good times as well. We just need to remember to ask Him. Most of all, GOD LIKES FOR US TO BELIEVE IN HIM, AND THAT TAKES FAITH & FAITH IS A PRETTY SURE THING. GOD SAYS IT, THAT�S IT!
So that is how I became AN AMERICAN. AN AMERICAN is a mix of all kinds of peoples and EVEN SOME FULL BLOODS. BUT WE ARE ALL HAPPY TO BE CALLED AMERICANS.
A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE DON�T LIKE AMERICANS, BUT THEY DON�T UNDERSTAND US AT ALL, WE ARE THE BEST PEOPLE�S ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. We are pieces of other Countries and our own, so they should like us, because they like other Countries & their people, don�t they? Anywho, I AM PROUD TO BE CALLED AN AMERICAN. We don�t quit. I REITERATE, WE DON�T QUIT. We may back up & regroup, & come at it from another direction, but we don�t quit, because I am a Miracle Baby,
Now my parents did not quit when the going got rough and tough. My Mama had 3 Miscarriages and it was looking pretty grim and downright bad & if she had of quit, guess what? I would not be here, but SINCE SHE�S AN AMERICAN TOO AND SO IS MY DAD they kept on trying in spite of it all and I am # 4 TRY and this time, GOD LET ME STAY. So as you can see I truly am a Miracle Baby from God AND my Mama prayed for me to come ALSO. AND HERE I AM.!!WALLA!!AN AMERICAN BABY!!!
I was really due on July 1st, but as you can see, that did not happen.
I was almost born on the 4th of July, but I missed it. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD HAVE MEANT. I WOULD HAVE TRULY BEEN AN AMERICAN BABY. BUT JULY 14TH IS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE 4TH, SO THAT COUNTS WHERE I COME FROM, AND I COME FROM TEXAS. Besides my Dad says I need my own Birthday. THAT I AM AS UNIQUE AS MY SISTER SAFIR IS UNIQUE & ALSO AS THE 4TH OF JULY IS UNIQUE. My parents have waited a long time for me. I'm worth it.
I was almost born on Aunt Jenny�s & my Cousin Princess Birthday July 8th, but I missed that too.br> I was almost born on my Papa�s Birthday, July 9th but I missed that also.Wow, I guess I�ll just be born in July on my �VERY OWN BIRTHDAY.� So that will make me very special indeed. I kept on waiting till I was really late, and the Dr says, I must be born soon, at least by July the 14th(the Dr induced Labor) because everybody has waited a very long time for me. So I guess, GOD HAS A TIME for everyone to be born, EVEN AN AMERICAN LIKE ME. My Papa�s surname and my Nina�s surname are Jewish(LEVINS & GOODMAN) unconfirmed of course. In fact, this Book is Unconfirmed. But most of it is right on. My Great Grandpa told my Grandma Nina that Goodman was a Good Man in the Bible & there is a �Goodman of the House� in the Bible also. So we could be Jewish. So Nina gave me a Jewish name. Chesed means kindness in Hebrew. SO THAT IS WHY MY WEB PAGE IS NAMED CHESED'S PAGE.
I don't have AN AMERICAN NAME yet, soon I will.
But I do love RED, WHITE and BLUE. I do Love the EAGLE.
My NAME IS*** Elle!!!***
SEE I TOLD YOU I AM AN AMERICAN.
I HAVE
***AN AMERICAN NAME!!!
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