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My Slave Ancestors: From Angola?
(The Root) — “My father’s family just got our African-Ancestry test back, and on our matrilineal side, we were traced to Angola. I was shocked, because I was under the impression that most slaves from Angola ended up elsewhere in the Americas, not in the United States. I’d like to know the percentage of Angolans that…
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Is Pocahontas My Ancestor?
(The Root) — Our readers are endlessly fascinated with the possibility of Native American roots. This one wonders if her lineage is legendary. “I have been told that I had great-great-grandparents who were black slaves; that I was a direct descendant of Pocahontas on my mother’s side; and that my father’s family was Dutch, Irish…
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A 'White' Grandma With Black Roots?
(The Root) — Black people aren’t the only ones whose Native American ancestry evaporates in the face of a DNA test. This questioner already has her suspicions about family lore. “My 96-year-old grandmother tells me that her mother (my great-grandmother) came from Three Rivers (Trois-Rivières), Quebec, which I understand is home to the Yamaska Indians.…
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Black Man Buried With My White Kin; Why?
(The Root) — In the search for clues about our ancestral roots, answers can lie in the stories of those to whom we are not related by blood. The following reader wonders if that is the case for her. “I am white, and occasionally my family history intersects with African-American families, especially in New Jersey.…
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