Ancestry

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June 18, 2012
MADAME NOIRE - No African-American would be surprised to learn that he or she has white ancestors given the history…
February 24, 2012
theGRIO Q&A - Blair Underwood talks about tracing his roots on NBC's 'Who Do You Think You Are?' and reveals…
January 19, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - For African-American parents choosing a name for their child is more complex because of the legacy of…
January 18, 2012
Harvard University Professor Henry Louis 'Skip' Gates Jr. is asking all residents of Allegany County, Maryland, who are of Irish…
October 7, 2011
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) - Nearly 3,000 people whose ancestors were enslaved by Cherokee Indians in the 1800s are fighting to…
October 3, 2011
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A federal judge on Friday dismissed one of two lawsuits over whether black slaves once owned…
September 19, 2011
VIDEO - Letters, bonds, wills and court letters are held at the Virginia Historical Society. The documents are not open…
September 15, 2011
The Bureau of Indian Affairs issued a letter to the Cherokee Nation on Monday demanding that the tribe reinstate the…
August 29, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - In 1863, the Freedmen were made citizens by an act of the Cherokee National Council, which awarded…
August 26, 2011
The Cherokee nation Supreme Court ruled that a 2007 tribal decision to kick the so-called "Freedmen" out of the tribe…
August 11, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Adults of African descent can have genetic testing performed for free, starting this month, as part of…
July 8, 2011
OPINION - Last time I checked, the identity of President Obama's father and a long list his flaws have long…
July 7, 2011
Through exhaustive interviews, Jacobs assembles a complex depiction of the elder Obama as a brilliant but troubled man.
June 14, 2011
OPINION - Cain essentially suggests that being 'African' is somehow a trait to be disavowed -- instead of embraced and…
May 24, 2011
OPINION - It seems serendipitous that the man who occupies the Oval Office is a descendant of two ethnic groups…
May 23, 2011
DUBLIN (AP) - President Obama said Monday that the U.S. and Ireland share a "blood link" that extends beyond strategic…
February 21, 2011
(AP) - The 2000 U.S. Census counted 163,036 people with the surname Washington. Ninety percent of them were African-American...
February 2, 2011
MSNBC - When William Holland traveled from Atlanta to Cameroon to dig into his family roots, the quest succeeded beyond…
August 25, 2010
TELEGRAPH UK - Saliva samples taken from 39 relatives of the Nazi leader show he may have had biological links…
February 25, 2010
MIAMI (AP) -- Black people of Caribbean descent are being asked by their community's leaders to write in their nationalities…