1619: Twenty Africans

Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard Feb 2026 on Ologies with Alie Ward.

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“And so when I got back home that night and I went through the records and, and, uh, I said, I'll be doggone. But these, uh, my sister-in-law's children are related to me because, because when I took my two 23 and me test, there was one genetic cousin that we had a connection with. This was like 2011 and me and her, we had communication back and forth trying to figure out how we were connected. We couldn't figure out a thing, but she sent me her family tree and her family name was Grantham. Her, her assets of her Grantham. It was just amazing. In his book, 1619, Stephen writes of the encounter, quote, we might be related. We joked, I was black and they were white. When I later got home, I looked up the information my sister-in-law's daughter gave me about her paternal grandmother. Turns out it wasn't a joke after all that my sister-in-law's children and I were related. So if everyone learns a little about their genealogy, chatter over waffles is about to get way more interesting.”
Ologies with Alie Ward — Genealogy (FAMILY TREES) Encore with Stephen Handsat 33:24

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