African-American genealogy

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February 19, 2013

"If I do not write about them, nobody else will." -Char Bah

Researching one's ancestry has become a popular activity-there are websites, television shows, and businesses devoted to this very topic. But how does genealogy differ when ethnicity is taken into account?

Char Bah on her German cousin.mp3

Oral history and bootlegging.mp3

On African-American marriages being recognized.mp3

DNA being used for family research.mp3