Claiming one has some distant
Native American ancestor in order to sound more exotic or
interesting when in fact no such
Native American ancestor exists.
This practice is also relatively common by some American celebrities and personalities.
Larry: "And my great-great grandmother was part Choctaw and Apache."
Bob: "Larry, that's BS, your paternal grandparents where German
immigrants and your maternal grandparents were Irish
immigrants. You sound like you have a case of Cherokee Grandmother Syndrome."
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James: "Hey did you hear
Elizabeth Warren is 1/32nd Cherokee?"
Dustin: "Pff, yeah sure man"