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I like to do genealogy research. Using Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Library Edition, Rootsweb.org and a few other genealogy Web sites, I have found 192 ancestors, including many living relatives whom I have never met. A cousin in Michigan (that I met through Ancestry.com) and I are planning a family reunion this year. The stories that research reveals from time-to-time have led me to relatives in nearly every state in the U.S., and unlikely origins in Ireland and Paris, France.
Through seeing descriptions of slaves, I discovered my unacknowledged European ancestry. For most of my life, I thought of myself as African-Native American and longed only to know what tribes my people originated from on both sides. However, I have discovered blacks described as Mulattos in every generation back to 1820, and this slave was described as 'yellow.' You never know what you will find. I also traveled to Mississippi and saw the land that my ancestors have owned and farmed since before the 1800s. I was shocked to find a prime piece of real estate that formed part of the downtown 'historic' district in Mississippi. My search continues.
