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The depth of strength in the original _Roots_ was that Kunta Kinte and his descendants were ordinary black people—ordinary in the way that Dr. Gladys-Marie Fry taught me to recognize o… Read More

The depth of strength in the original _Roots_ was that Kunta Kinte and his descendants were ordinary black people—ordinary in the way that Dr. Gladys-Marie Fry taught me to recognize o… Read More

If you know your 911 genealogy you'll know the importance of these three letters. Good times ? Surely.The GTS Variant has been a real sweet spot of the 911 range in recent years, bundling th… Read More

Mulberry Street on New York’s Lower East Side, ca. 1900. One of the most fascinating museums in the United States stands at the corner of Delancey and Orchard Street on the Lower… Read More

Why test with Family Tree DNA?I am an absolute freak about DNA testing. I test every family member I can because I have been doing family history for decades, and I can finally prove or disp… Read More

The Big Y conversion to hg38 is complete for my kit and those of my matches. In my previous post Evaluating new Big Y changes I examined my new hg38 results and the new chromosome brows… Read More

I have seen lots of questions about how to get the most from Family Tree DNA's Family Finder test, so we will examine a little about how to use it. We will start by looking at the three majo… Read More

This is a continuation of my previous post Getting more from Family Tree DNA Family Finder. In order to understand the importance of a chromosome browser, we need to first review what I… Read More

There are two very important items for using DNA testing for family history. Documented family tree. A documented family tree contains proof of family relationships including copies of… Read More

Once you've taken an autosomal DNA test (Ancestry DNA, 23andMe, Family Tree DNA Family Finder, MyHeritage, etc.) and learned how to use a chromosome browser [See What is the big deal about a… Read More

I began my post Getting started with GEDmatch with the following discussion: _________________________________________________________________There are two very important items for using DNA… Read More

By: Donovan BaldwinAs I have mentioned from time to time in other places, I do genealogy. While researching my family tree I came across an interesting footnote. Now, this is not about me. T… Read More

THE ALCHEMY OF BLACK FUTURES: BLACK COMICS, BLACK BEER CALENDARS & BLACK ICONOGRAPHYAs the information age gives way to the age of reckoning, where the dictates of nature will take prece… Read More

Committed:  Civil Rights and the Struggle for JusticeValerie Sweeney PrinceCivil rights were first constitutionalized in the 13th Amendment.  However, the fact of civil rights as a… Read More

The Grey House Didn’t Speak – Non-Fiction by Rain Wright – No people remain to lift their hands in farewell. Home does not speak. It does not call out our names a… Read More

You can’t be found unless you know you’re lost.  At first this seems obvious.  Or maybe at first it makes so sense at all.  Either way, if you think about it, it c… Read More

Yes, Finding God in religion can be hard. Incredibly hard even, depending on where we look. To begin with, which religion do we look at? And then, what denomination or sect? After that… Read More

Do the ends justify the means with Donald Trump? That’s a pretty general question, so let’s tighten it up a bit. I was watching a BBC program called Hard Talk yesterday. The h… Read More