I think there is a lot of confusion as to what has been said here.
The original comment was stated that it seemed a lot or several gerts appeared to have 3/8 shorty incluence. I then said in a semi jestering and somewhat serious manner that I thought there were probably a lot of shorties that were 3/8 shorty as well. Every breed has foreign influence whether people want to admit to it or not and regardless of whether their registry books are open or not.
I did not intend for the interpretation of the word foreign to be taken as from what country the genetics originated. Foreign blood meaning that some parentage is not originated from the original breed example: a simmental sire would be foreign blood in a hereford operation.
I stand by my opinion that most foreign influence in American breeds is not Brahman but rather European or British. I do not know of many American breeders that cross their cattle with Brahmans, let alone try to register those animals.
The NuGen project is a project that started several years ago to recreate the Gert breed by using current day Brahman and Shorthorn genetics. The resulting animals are introduced to the current Gert gene pool. As with all breeds, many breeders try to pull the Assoc. into several directions at once. You have your Purest, your Star5ers, your production minded, your show minded, and some are interested in the NuGen project.