It has been a while since my last post, but in addition to MyHeritage.com and FamilyTreeDNA I also received my Jamaican Ancestry.ca results. I am dedicating an entire blog post …
Why Did Europeans Enslave Africans?
Very interesting video that examines the reasons why West Africans were enslaved
Jamaican Slave Register
I was doing some more research on my family tree and signed up for the Ancestry.ca world deluxe package that includes international records. I came across a collection that I …
The Differences Between the 3 Genealogy DNA Tests
There are 3 main types of DNA testing used for genealogy: autosomal, mitochondrial (mtDNA), paternal yDNA. Each are great ways to find out information about yourself, but the collected data …
FamilySearch.org – Where my Caribbean family search really began
It’s 2008 and I graduated from university. My degree is in Computer Science but, after being hyped up on genealogy series, I really wanted to know the names and stories …
I didn’t know the names of my great grandparents (and two of my grandparents)
Most black people that are around my age, that I know, have no idea of the name of their great grandparents. Their parents never discussed their parents. Their grandparents, who …
MyHeritage.com and FamilyTreeDNA Results – I’m Very Black!… (And a little bit European)
Reading through the birth certificates, death certificates, marriage certificates and baptismal records of my ancestors gives a small glimpse of what it might have been like in terms of just …
Slavery and Me
I am a proud descendant of slaves. I understand why our parents and grandparents never speak about the stories that were (or were not) passed down from generation to generation. They …