That is a long road! But, very much worth it. I'll give you a Hint. Do your Genealogy, Get a DNA test through either Family tree or 23&me. Native Ancestry is sometimes hard to detect if your not the standard A,B,M,Q, Haplogroup. So you need to dig deeper. My suggestion. look at your DNA health report that is where you will detect certain traits. Do both your DNA Y line and MT (Female deep ancestry). Also, find out your earliest family that made it before the great migration (1820).
Good Luck!