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I’m not related to Pocahontas and neither are you

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Probably. Right up there next to the my-grandma-says-I’m-descended-from-a-Cherokee-princess thing is an almost-as-farfetched American white people myth: that you’re related to Pocahontas. It’s difficult to go a month in online forums about Native ancestry without someone claiming it. So it came … Continue reading →

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America, meet the real Pocahontas

Posted on January 19, 2019 by Stephen Carr Hampton

These facts are well-documented: Pocahontas was kidnapped by the men of Jamestown. Then, while in captivity, she was impregnated by and married to one of her captors, John Rolfe. Like one of the Boko Haram girls. He took her to … Continue reading →

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