I leapt at the chance when my sister suggested we visit one of the places so…
Category: Race & Diversity
Writings about race and diversity with an emphasis on the US.
How well do DNA testing services’ analytical tools handle DNA matches for highly admixed people?
It is fair to say the online genealogy community has been set alight with the launch…
Confirming Jason Futrell of Rich Square, Northampton County, NC as my 4x great grandfather
The new suite of genealogical and DNA analytical tools from MyHeritage has literally knocked my ancestry…
Case Study Part 2: Attempting to break through Thomas “The Immigrant” Christian’s brick wall
This case study is a continuation from Research case study: My lost connection to Thomas “The…
Research case study: My lost connection to Thomas “The Immigrant” Christian of Charles City County, Virginia
If you have been a regular follower of my recent genealogy adventures, you will know the…
The 1898 Phoenix Riot: Essex Harrison, Eliza Goode, and South Carolina’s black voter suppression
The current reports of black voter suppression in North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida have made me…
Ghosts in the DNA: The lost diversity of early colonial Virginia
Nestled along the James River, Varina is a remote and quiet part of Virginia. Its vast…
GA Live S01 E09: Pushing beyond the 1870 Census to find your enslaved ancestors
You’ve made it to the 1870 U.S. Federal Census…and now you have no idea of what…
GA Live S01 E08: Sheila Hightower-Allen DNA Memorial Fund & Howard University
Check out our recent broadcast about our groundbreaking project with Howard University’s Biology & Genomics Dept.…
GA Live S01 E05: Endogamy: the good, the bad, and the ugly
Donya and Brian’s family research broke Ancestry! The reason why has everything to do with endogamy.…