Genealogy

15 replies · 9277 views · Started by The Nomad · Mar 2005
The Nomad Silver Spring, MD
Has anybody ever traced their roots? How far back have you made it? Do you have any tips that could help anybody else with their search.
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Buttascotch · Mar 2005
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Poody · Mar 2005
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my aunt in cali did an ancestors dna test and found out that from my grandmothers side of the family, we are from the Mende and Temne tribe in the Sierra Leone and the Kru tribe in Liberia. I'm throwin up dat WESTSIDE AFRICA BABY BABEEEEY!!!!!
ThatClassyGirl216 · Mar 2005
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on my mom's side, they trace it back to a former ****...on my father's side, they have never bothered to research and find out.
prettypoet8804 · Mar 2005
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for those of you have been able to trace back, i give you so many props. i only know my grandparents on my dad's side so that's not going anywhere and on my mom's side it would take awhile but i could try and coerce my great-grandpa into seeing if he ever heard any stories about where we're from. for right now, i just keep reppin' the whole continent...which is the sadness of colonialism.
· Mar 2005
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None of us have been able to trace our roots back to Mother Africa.. sadly i only end up with british (Brittan) and Portugesse ( Azores, Portugal) people on my dads side and Native Americans and White people with a small percent of blacks on my moms side. Hopefully one day i can track both my parents roots, its rumored Ethopia but that would have been impossible since there were no Ethopian slaves.
· Mar 2005
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No, we haven't traced our roots. I just now that my great great grandparents were fullblooded Cherokee Indians in north Georgia. That's all I know...That Indian-ness (lol) must've dissapeared when it got to my parents...
Hahaha · Mar 2005
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my moms side...bunch of haitians that kicked out the french...yeah republican back then too 8) (tasia)
The Nomad · Mar 2005
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Sir ThunderBonez06 wrote:
No, we haven't traced our roots. I just now that my great great grandparents were fullblooded Cherokee Indians in north Georgia. That's all I know...That Indian-ness (lol) must've dissapeared when it got to my parents...
My family also has Cherokee lineage, but they were from southern Georgia.
The Nomad · Mar 2005
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I posed this question because I've done my own family research. I've traced my maternal grandmother's family to a pre-Civil War child as the master moved his slaves deeper south. I've traced my maternal grandfather's family to his grandparents on the northern border of South Carolina. I've only gotten back as far as my paternal grandmother coming out of north Florida although I've been told she has some Native American heritage (we're not sure on which tribe). I've traced my paternal grandfather's family to Cherokees in southern Georgia. I have to say that when you dig up the past you will find skeletons. You find all kinds of things that might not make you proud. But it's the past and you learn from it.
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