OPRAH AND ELVIS!

[Educatingblue]

Originally Posted by MAN FOR CHANGE

Hello All!
Before I ask this funny but sad question ... CrimsonTide4, sorry about not following the etiquette-way of things on the Delta chat.

Now, has anyone heard about Oprah being "kin" to Elvis? I found it quite funny but sad to use the term "kin".

Oprah, should tell it like it is and say her family was owned by the Presley family. That's it! That's real! Why use double-talk?

Yeah, she "Claimed" she was related to them on the show where Lisa Marie and her husband invited Oprah and Gail to Graceland for dinner. I don't remember them saying exactly how they were related, but I'm with you on the Presley family probably owning hers. I found this family tree online.

http://genealogy.about.com/od/aframe.../oprah_two.htm

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Educatingblue

Yeah, she "Claimed" she was related to them on the show where Lisa Marie and her husband invited Oprah and Gail to Graceland for dinner. I don't remember them saying exactly how they were related, but I'm with you on the Presley family probably owning hers.

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.

[Educatingblue]

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.

[mccoyred]

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.

Thats what I thought. Elvis, while an icon of 'white' culture, has always dispalyed his Native American side.