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Originally posted by Sistermadly
If you could trace your roots, would you? If you found out something as surprising as what Gates found out, would it change your self-perception? Your identity?
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I would love to know more about my african heritage (what tribe, which part of africa, their daily lives, etc.). But for my family, there are no "vanilla surprises"
we've always known from jump. And we've always considered ourselves black/african american.
Funny thing is.....a few years my ago (this was in the 80s), my aunt actually took on the task of doing a "formalized" genealogical history of our family - basically putting oral history down to paper. During this research, she found the "white side of our family (for lack of better term). When she contacted them, they declined to have anything to do with it or acknowledge it - even though our grandparents were siblings and she had proof of this (pics, documents, etc.). I told my aunt she shouold try again, but this time, try to talk with someone younger (in their 30s). I think a younger person would probably be more open as opposed to someone in their twilight years
But oh well....its their loss. They get to miss hanging out with the cool
side of the family.
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