For sure. We were, genetically, about 98% European but a lot of my paternal side grew up amongst Native Americans back in the 1800's in southern Ohio. I guess it was common, a few generations back, for people to claim Native heritage and I can't help but wonder if it was because of the prevalence of Westerns on TV and in film.
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What part of Europe genetically?
My paternal line is mostly British and before they settled in the UK they came from the France/Germany region. We were surprised to see we had a fairly rare Ashkenazi Jewish haplogroup on that side (these were the ancestors who claimed Native American heritage). My maternal line was mostly Russian/Ukranian originating in the Scandinavian region.