40%? That startled me. I've often wondered about this, and now am  
curious as to how was the number was figured? Is there an actual list  
somewhere? I assume that means that most of us Virginians have at  
least a drop or two of Native blood. And that leads to some more  
interesting thoughts!


On Feb 28, 2007, at 8:28 AM, Sunshine49 wrote:


>
> BTW they have determined that about 40% of the early English male  
> settlers married native women. So on this side of the pond, what  
> Rolfe did was not so shocking, and might even have been precedent- 
> setting, easing the way for other Englishmen who wanted to do the  
> same. The several examples I have run across were all native girls  
> who had been Christianized, though.
>
> Nancy

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