I don't talk to that side of the family anymore and lying about racial identity isn't even in the top 20 reasons. It was awkward as a teen though, it made me feel like I had no actual roots because my family denied the roots I did have. Especially because I was dark enough as a teen to be on the receiving end of racial discrimination. It put me in a really weird spot identity wise for a while, but the more I deprogram myself from western brain worms the less weird it is
I had no idea they were running a prescription mill lmao
My brother did this and all it proved was that my grandparents weren't lying about where they were from
Which, like, wow
Critical support for exposing gramgram’s lies about being Native American
1/678th Apache on your Father's side
My mom did it with us when I was still a kid, only to find out that my Dad's side of the family was lying about being native
How'd that turn out?
I don't talk to that side of the family anymore and lying about racial identity isn't even in the top 20 reasons. It was awkward as a teen though, it made me feel like I had no actual roots because my family denied the roots I did have. Especially because I was dark enough as a teen to be on the receiving end of racial discrimination. It put me in a really weird spot identity wise for a while, but the more I deprogram myself from western brain worms the less weird it is