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December 21st – A Day Dedicated to My Ancestress

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As I am currently living France, last month while I was on vacation I decided to create a specific and intentional route for my travels. Why? Because I knew that on the 21st of December I wanted to be in the town of Saint-Malo. Currently in my family tree, I have no genealogical connection to …

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23andMe Takes a Look at the Transatlantic Slave Trade

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Last July, 23andMe blogged about a recently (at the time) published article that looked at genetics and the legacy the transatlantic slave trade left on the New World (specifically countries like the United States, countries in the Caribbean and in Latin America which were main receivers of enslaved people). Their post (23andMe blog linked) offers …

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DNA Tribes Update

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With the recent DNA Tribes SNP analysis/ update special (which is currently still going on), I decided to get my mother’s and my analysis updated to included the newer populations such as: Andalusia Spain. Germany and Austria, Greek Mixed, Italy General, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia General, Serbia and Croatia, Southern Italy and Sicily, Assyria and Tibet. The main ones for me of importance were the European populations …

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Finding Your Roots: John Legend and Wanda Sykes

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This past Sunday there was another great episode on Finding Your Roots featuring John Legend and Wanda Sykes! (All of the episodes have been awesome though!) This episode was particularly interesting because it was able to trace their family back to free people of color that were able to break their families from slavery before the …

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Finding Your Roots: Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice, and Ruth Simmons

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This was probably one of my favorite episodes from the Finding Your Roots series so far! Mostly because it helped three African Americans find some roots in certain Africa tribes. Granted, some could have other mixtures from other African slaves brought to the US which married into the family through other lines, seeing as how …

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