Originally posted by Kain99
Christ! How high is that pedestal you're standing on girl? The above comment is not only innacurate but offensive.
"The inbreds are blacks who won't admit they are black?" Please tell me I have drastically misread you.
They are mixed race, who deny every aspect of their heritage, with the exception of Native American. They claim to be primarily American Indian, yet have characteristics of several races.
Inbreeding goes all the way back to the cavemen pumpkin. White, black and yellow all did the deed.
It didn't stop until human beings become aware of genetic problems regarding heredity. .
I don't deny that, I'm talking about more recent times, like the last 100-400 years, in this country, well after people started noticing genetic mutations in people and animals who bred too closely. It's been outlawed, or at least taboo in most cultures for about 1 million years.
Take on a genaolgy project. I betcha a million dollars that your family has as much inbreeding as anyone elses.
Didn't I say that I was from one of the old families. Didn't I say that it was common, especially in the begining of the colony for second, third cousins etc to marry? Furthermore, I can trace my genealogy to European royality, which is known for inbreding. The first time I ever heard the term "SMIB" was when I went to college in Baltimore. Someone called me that, as a joke, and then had to explain it. I told him, "OK, I guess I can't deny it. In fact, I can prove it."
The Native American comment offended me more then any SMIB comment ever will. 
I worked in social services for a few years, many years ago. A family came in to apply for assistance. During the course of the conversation the woman commented that she had never married the father of her children (3 or 4 by the same man) because they were too closely related and such a marriage was illegal. (Note: it is
legal in Maryland for 1st cousins to marry). This woman put on the form that she was Native American, yet she was pale skinned and had hair the texture typical of African Americans. She also had many of the facial features typical of African Americans. I also went to school with several of this woman's relatives. As children, they claimed "black" as their race, yet now they claim "Native American." They were mostly pale-skinned with African features and hair texture. All of the males I knew developed facial hair during puberty, just as thick as the average boy of European or African decent. Only one do I remember having high cheekbones typical of Native American heritage and she claimed her race as African American, back in the 70's, I haven't see her in more than 20 years, so I don't know what she claims now.
The purpose of pointing out that these people were decended from slaves, had nothing to do with race. Yes, there is some African heritage there, but I dare say they have more claim to European ancestors, then African ones. Which was all the more reason for them to be isolated by their former masters in one location. It would be quite embarrassing for someone to point out a resemblance to "Daddy." For the most part they were given land to live on that was far from town and roads were virtually non-existant. They worked their farms, usually the poorest of farmland and scraped to make a living. The former masters and their decendants liked it that way. The less they saw of these people the better. To avoid the hassle and persecution, these people kept to themselves. Sometime in the 1940's (I think) some social workers went in to "save" these people. Eventually, roads were improved, as well as educational opportunities. Many of these people "escaped" from the cycle of generations past. (some didn't) And somewhere along the line, they decided to explain their not-quite-caucasion-not-quite-African appearance by claiming to be Native American. I'm sure there is some Native American there as well, but not the majority they claim. These people who have been shamed by their backgroud of incest and persecution are desperately holding onto what they see as a more noble history.
It's one of the dirty little secrets of So. MD history. Frankly, I think it reflects worse on my ancestors then it does on theirs.
