PBS has halted the third season production of Finding Your Roots after an investigation proved the omission of Ben Affleck’s slave-owning ancestor violated ethical guidelines. The…
According to a new study, six million Americans who classify themselves as White have some African ancestry. For the study, which was conducted by the…
Have you ever wanted to find your roots. My family has an ongoing project that can trace our family tree back to the 1800’s. Here’s an opportunity to discover your family history and start your own family tree. A workshop on genealogy research gets underway Wednesday, October 30, 2 p.m. at the North Raleigh Library, […]
VIA: ESSENCE.COM The list of President Obama’s detractors grows daily. But who would have thought that two of his loudest critics could actually be family?! It turns out that both Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh are the POTUS’ tenth cousins through their ancestors; one John Smith and Richmond Terrell, reports TIME. The genealogy site Ancestry.com […]
