The Study of Racialism

Y-chromosomes and mtDNA are but mere slivers of your overall ancestry. Autosomal DNA is much more informative as far as giving an idea of what percentage of your overall DNA comes from what geographic ...

Hey, guys. I just received my y-dna 12 results. The results were a little perplexing and interesting considering the fact my Y-12 matches were all from Ireland and Spain/Portugal.This is confusing con ...

This is a little background on Marguertite Guillory, my ancestor as well as Susie Phipps.

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/5571/margarita.htm

http://www.chavismartin.com/guillorydocume ...

Me and Mrs. Phipps are really distant cousins. ...
That is fascinating! I really admire people who have researched their own genealogy. I fear that I do not have the patience for it, so I know little ...

But, if she changed the label of her record, that would mean the labels of her ancestors(which are my ancestors) are a mistake as well.
You are related to Susie Phipps? Now, that is interesting. Plea ...

Frank, I dont know if she was singled out or not.. But I am amazed at the lengths that the state of Louisiana went through to prove that Mrs. Phipps was black or at least had african ancestry. Basical ...

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Well, I thought that it would be interesting to reopen a discussion about the Susan Guillory Phipps Case that started as far back as the late 1970s concerning her attempt to change the racial designat ...

Thanks, again. I ask that question because on several occasions, I have had persons ask if I was an Ethiopian even though I self-identify as Black American. I find it interesting that judging ones anc ...

Thanks. Now that you mention it, I do recall Mark Shriver on the African American Lives series talking about that particular company. 240 dollars seems like a reasonable price.

I was curious. How reliable to do think someone can say someone has a particular ancestry just by looking at them? I ask this because there is a woman at my job who self-identifies as black and says s ...

hey, guys.

I was wondering whether or not anyone knows how to go about getting a genetic admixture test to see your ancestry from Africa, Europe, and Asia? Which ones are the best and which ones ar ...

Who cares????

I thought the segment about Bliss Boyard was very interesting. Being Black myself, I agree with her statement about being black is more than just physical appearance. Its more of an experience and how ...

I dont post on this site very much, but I have been reading and observing many of the various posts either showing images of black americans or discussing black americans who are labeled "mixed&q ...

the ethiopian/german is gorgeous. very beautiful. Some of the most beautiful women are ethiopian. Just thought I say that. Anyway, I thought'll i respond. Its funny how people seem to mention the &quo ...

MP: Quin, I think some black American people dislike of Clarence Thomas has to do mainly with his attitude that makes some blacks think he dislike blacks. They feel he is kind of hostile and angry at ...

this article pretty much sums up the thoughts and feelings i have been having over the last few years. There is a new shift or paradign in what the concept of "blackness" is today and what i ...

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St. Augustine Catholic Church was built in 1803 with funds provided by Cane River Creole patriarch, Nicolas Augustine Metoyer, ...

my dad is a louisiana creole and my mom is black american. She came from a black-anglo culture from Northern Louisiana. From reading a lot of the posts, it seems that some people still associate " ...