The ex's aunts and uncles on her father's side found they could register as Metis because of their Voyageur/Indian blood (French-Canadian is their first language,and they are a very dark haired, deeply tanned group of aunts and uncles). So the ex's sister and one brother registered because the Metis allow that. The ex chose not to because we'd never had any cultural connection with the Metis and felt it would be purely a money grab to go for it. Not sure if the ex has changed her mind since the divorce to bring the kids into the Native American fold.
I think of myself as a Canadian with pioneer stock on both sides. There is a smattering of Western European countries for family origin - mostly British Isles but also Austrian and Pennsylvania Dutch. There is a tenuous possibility that I have some Native American of some sort from my dad's side, but it is only a possibility. Apparently there is a family legend about an ancestor who had Native Amnerican concubines - my dear old dad was struck by how large and dark his aunts and uncles were considering they were of English, German and Irish heritage. That and his nose really looks Native American.
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