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3 days ago
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How to trace my family tree
It made me
dismantled
 "eye-opening. race is an illusion. ethnicity and culture truly define us."
How I did it: ancestry.com (paid membership), lots of old family records, some road trips to my ancestor's town libraries and cemeteries, and lots and lots of patience. it was an odd experience for me personally. i started off thinking i was African-American. but in the end i discovered i was over 60% white as a result of lots of plantation rapes. Really dismantled my personal image. But I guess self-discovery is part of the goal??? I don't know. Some things are better left unknown. Especially if they stir up lots of difficult emotions.
Lessons & tips:
Resources: ancestry.com family cemeteries family bibles local libraries with genealogy departments
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I don’t know much about my family history at all. I barely even know my grandparents’ stories. Anything earlier in history than that is way under the radar right now. I’d like to change that and learn where I come from.
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