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Originally Posted by MysticCat

I think that she actually claimed that they might be kin through Cherokee ancestors.

Elvis's immediate family was certainly very poor, and my understanding was always that he came from a family that had been sharecropping for quite some time, possibly since before the Civil War. I doubt they ever owned many if any slaves.

You're probably right. I don't remember Oprah elaborating on the show now that I think about it.