Celebrated author Thomas King says that despite believing so nearly all his life, he is not Indigenous.

The writer of books including 2003's and 2012's , says he is reeling from recent news that he has no Cherokee ancestry.

In an essay titled "A most inconvenient Indian" for the Globe and Mail, the Guelph, Ont.-based King says he learned of rumours several years ago that questioned his heritage.

The California-born King says he made a concerted effort this year to find their origin, which brought him to a U.S. organization called Tribal Alliance Against Frauds.

That group investigated his past with help from a University of British Columbia scholar, and found no Cherokee heritage.

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