I’ve tried to stay out of this conversation about the “Cornstalk” lineage but as you know I’m a huge proponent of DNA testing. I’d DNA test everyone at birth. With that said, you have to consider that no family has “cookie-cutter” descendants. I myself, have 4 “biological” Grandchildren, amid my 9 Grands. Side by side, they bare no common or dominate physical traits or characteristics. If you had watched them grow up, you’d fail to see any similarities. They run the gambit on eye & hair color, height, weight, GPA, etc. Which is true with my own children & my husband & his siblings as well. He’s one of 16 live births & trust me when I say, they’re like snowflakes; no two alike.
Yes, it is true that there is no such thing as a “Native American” gene, but you must have a certain percentage of Asian DNA to be considered ‘Native.”
As Theresa has pointed out, you must consider all the contributors in this scenario & which genes will become the dominate, how much testosterone levels per male child distributed to the number of children born to one mother. The 16th son would have minimal at best. This is why the first born tends to be the strongest of all siblings. Too many factors – including environment play a role in the outcome of any persons overall health & well-being, including their height & weight.
I would further like to ask, that you be respectful to or at least civil to the descendants of the Cornstalk families & their affiliates. As they, like you, offer their Surname history here as well as the rest of us.
Some here have even suggested the Cornstalk history to be a myth, please do your research before highhandedly bandying things like this about. It offends not only the family, it dishonors their lineage.
Thank you for your comments,
Sheila Jean Adkins Metcalf
