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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

My grandmother was part of the full blood group of Cherokees. My grandfather was part of the mixed blood Cherokee. He was only a month or so old when the 1906 rolls closed out. His ancestors were included the Chisholms, and the Rogers families. So, he was related to Will Rogers, and also to Talahina Rogers, wife or girl friend of Sam Houston. My grandfather was very shy, had dark black hair til just a few years before he died, he was in his 80's. He was, I think a good man. He and my grandmother divorced in 1948, the year before I was born. They had four children, two girls and two boys. My mother was the oldest. She was born in 1929, and only weighed 2 1/2 pounds. She was called a miracle baby. She slept for the first few months of her life in a dresser drawer.