Thanks for the welcome! I really appreciate your response. I'm Black identified or AA and Creole as I stated before. This is interesting seeing all of these...
Listed below is an excerpt from a 'summarization' post that I made at another discussion group ... in regards to a few points that a group of people (myself...
Hi Peter, Just wanted to let you know that the inquiries you have made below are extremely perceptive and very much appreciated. [:-?] In addition, they are...
I still use Hexadecaroon, Quintroon, Meamlouc and Mustifee - all denoting 1/16 african descent, because I am, and because I find them quaintly archaic. ...
Hi Jeff, How's it going? It's good to hear from you!! Hey ... does your lineage also include Amerindian ancestry? --M In Generation-Mixed@yahoogroups.com ...
Article: 'Racial Identity in Balance' -- by Naomi J. Miller <mailto:careers@...> ********************************************************************...
Hey yourself ;) yes it does - also 1/16 , so I guess I'm technically a tri-racial / melungeon too multiracialbookclub <soaptalk@...> wrote: Hi Jeff, ...
Has anyone taken the DNA percentage test? What are your thoughts on DNA testing? Has it been helpful to you? I have taken the maternal and paternal test, and...
Hi Friends, I watched this show on PBS--forgot the name--about the college professor who began the DNA project to trace the ancestry of famous "black" people...
I took it and it gave me closure to some questions which lack of documentation never answered. it cost around $200.00 and seems to be pretty accurate based on...
In fact, if memory serves me correctly -- didn't Gates discover that abouth half of his lineage was of White/European ancestry or something like that? Gates...
I saw the last episode. I agree it was very interesting. I surprised that Gates test came out 50% European. I know that can happen. It seems that DNA is...
I have viewed some of the previous post from this group. I noticed about the term African American (AA) as a misnomer. I understand the tri-racial heritage of...
It is very refreshing that you are taking that approach toward your identity. I know many of my family members don't see it that way. Did you research your...
Agreed! 100%, Peter! In addition, Lynn's poem –- `The Secret River' (found at the link below) -- is still one of the most truthful and powerful essays that I...
WOW! Is right. Lynn you are quite talented as other post have said. I didn't know you were an author. Your story about your family search I have heard before...
Recent African immigrants (Nigerians etc) are seen as Black-Americans until we hear them speak with a dialect, they have on cultural clothing, or they are a ...
I don't use the term African American because I work with alot of caribbean, south american and african people who are of african descent and they find the...
It should also be noted that `the majority' of the people who actually are of `the African-American' (AA) Ethnicity -- whose opinions often seem to be largely...
Peter Barrett <barac1998@...> inquired: I have viewed some of the previous post from this group. I noticed about the term African American (AA) as a...
Can someone also tell me where the 70% of admixture for AA WAS FOUND? Not that I doubt it at all. I had a conversation on another message board and had a hard...
In Generation-Mixed@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Barrett" <barac1998@...> inquired: Can someone also tell me where the 70% of admixture for AA was found? … If...
THE FIVE (5) TYPES OF "CREOLE"-CULTURAL GROUPS Listed below are several articles which contain some information on the MGM-Mixed* `Cultural' group both...
The Moors of Delaware: A Look at a Tri-Racial Group An intermingling of races was one of the products which occurred with the early European exploration and...
Hi Friends- This is so funny... I just had to share my story with people who will understand, and maybe find some humor in this too. I went to apply for...
My cousin told me that she prefers to be labelled as "Black" because she has never been to Africa, and can't relate to what life is like there. Other...
Hello Friends, RE: Did you research your family history and find out more about yourself? In a nutshell, this is what happened to me... My Dad was escaping a...
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