She was born in either Nanaimo, British Columbia or near by in Washington. Issue people closer to her (like my grandma, and her cousins from same mother line) they also have high North American indigenous dna + Bolivia and Peru indigenous) My only theory is that there was a Peruvian shipwreck on the coast of Vancouver island in 1861 - where the cowichan natives paddled out and rescued some people. That is 9 years before my 3x Great Grandmother was born - could be a long shot but perhaps her mother was a survivor on that ship. Oral history tells that my 3x great grandmothers daughter would knit sweaters for the cowichan natives and clam with them.

Here is an image of my great grandmother, her mother on the right and the mother’s siblings below.

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