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 To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html