Posted on Aug 5, 2023
A landmark study opens a new possible way for Black Americans to trace their ancestry
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Crystal Emory never knew much about where she came from. Family members took her from her mother for being in an interracial marriage in 1960s and 1970s, leaving her floating between homes. She spent time in an orphanage in Pennsylvania. These experiences, she says, helped instill a need to find out more about her history.
"I just always wanted to know who my family was, and more about myself," says Emory, 68, now retired from a career in IT. "I just started doing genealogy."
She knew grandparents were Black, but not much else. She looked for names in newspaper articles, and collected what family lore she could.
"My father's mother would tell me stories about the family, and I was writing these stories down as a young person," she said.
Crystal Emory never knew much about where she came from. Family members took her from her mother for being in an interracial marriage in 1960s and 1970s, leaving her floating between homes. She spent time in an orphanage in Pennsylvania. These experiences, she says, helped instill a need to find out more about her history.
"I just always wanted to know who my family was, and more about myself," says Emory, 68, now retired from a career in IT. "I just started doing genealogy."
She knew grandparents were Black, but not much else. She looked for names in newspaper articles, and collected what family lore she could.
"My father's mother would tell me stories about the family, and I was writing these stories down as a young person," she said.
A landmark study opens a new possible way for Black Americans to trace their ancestry
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Indeed interesting but I've never been interested in discovering such things.
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I do not have an interest mainly because what I know of my ancestors they were mostly all common folk, Farmers and such. However, I understand for any who do not have any sense at all who or where their ancestors were from their drive to know more. I hope more of this type of research is able to help people find out about their kin folk.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
MSgt Dale Johnson My German Ancestors were "Common Folk" Farmers, Butchers and the Like. My Scottish Ancestors, Had a More Colorful Past, So to Speak. My English Ancestors were Escaping the Protestant Reformation.
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