That's the thing with my family, too. We're mostly of Mexican descent, & were taught to call white people "Americans", as if we weren't Americans, too. Lots of shame, and focusing on the French blood, even though it's not very much.

We all just figured that we must have some Native American blood, too. It's weird to me that no one really knows.

Thanks for the tips, I'll look up our surnames at the library!