#23 Who do you think you are?

Ultimately, who are we? Based on our twisted and tangled family histories, African Americans and Afro Caribbeans are the ones whose ancestors were sold and traded to satisfy enslavers’ mortgages and other sales.

We want to get answers to this question about ‘who are we?’ as we remove bricks and tree forests to answer our questions. If you have not already considered submitting to a genealogy DNA test, it will become increasingly necessary to fully engage in the scientific credible or best estimates of family trees.

“Everyone’s DNA cocktail is not the same,” said noted genealogist Nicka Sewell-Smith during a recent webinarThe Annual Forgotten Patriots and Daughters of Color Luncheon, where she provided compelling evidence of the benefit of mixing DNA results into the difficult research stages to secure her family’s missing links.

The Good Genes Genealogy Services team is 100 percent DNA tested. Based on the results from both founders, it will provide a better reading of the Owen-Weed-Wead-Owens family tree that is colorful mixture of European, African and U.S. ancestors. There is so much to learn about DNA research and results and I invite readers of this blog to consider reading another favorite blog to learn just a little bit more aobut the possibilities of nailing better estimates on your families’ histories.


Stay tuned to this blog to learn about the Aug. 1, 2021 e-book by Good Genes Genealogy. It will go more indepth about four subjects each month.

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“August First” … the original Day of Independence for British owned slaves

Some 30 years before the United States’ Emancipation Proclamation was signed, 800,000 slaves in the British colonies were declared freed.

“August First” or Slavey Abolition Act, marks the day in 1834 when it became illegal to own slaves in British colonies — yet with a four-year transition to full freedom for our Afro Caribbean brethren.

There is so much more to learn aboutthe global fight for liberty for slaves that began as early as 1794 in the Caribbean, Europe, the U.S.


There are so many memorable and little-known facts about the real July Fourth for many former slaves. Learn about August First and more in the debut monthly e-book by Good Genes Genealogy Services on August 1, 2021. Details will be revealed soon!

Stay close to this blog and keep researching your family’s great history. We’re here to help you on your journey.

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