Yeah, there were also a lot of instances where settlers on the frontier married natives, so there are plenty of people with some Cherokee blood, but no connection to the tribe.

Correct. The concept of the "Cherokee princess" is perhaps the most common ancestral falsehood. They have some of the most strict bloodline proof requirements since so many people think they have Cherokee blood due to family legends.

Cherokee and Apache.

So much so, the Denae has been calling out the idiots who call themselves Apache.