At country music star Tim McGraw's house, the holidays are a time to celebrate his mother's Italian heritage.

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Brown had earlier signed a legal document agreeing to put the girl up for adoption, but his attorneys say he did not understand the extent of the waiver, and that the birth mother misrepresented the child's American Indian heritage to social service workers when the adoption was finalized.

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Katie's genetic heritage is unknown: We adopted her at birth from a mother who lived in a campground trailer.

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