The federal government says it is just not so, though Mr. Roberts, through his lawyer, continues to claim Indian roots.

An interesting alternate theory on the origin of the name Bielby claims Roman roots.

There are numerous other subcastes which claim Vellalar roots and identity.

The family claims Byzantine roots, and there is reference to it in the Court of Constantine the Great.

In 2000 62,349 of the city's 390,112 residents claimed Irish roots on the U.S. Census.

Then the true losers would be Native Americans, the only group that can authentically claim "roots" there.

The publication claims roots back to 1879.

But they also remained ambivalent about claiming Sephardic roots, saying that risked alienating Christian relatives.

It is the sect that claims roots in historic Christianity.

And other groups claim ancient roots as well.