ancestry

“Sacred Conversations With Our Ancestors,” an annual ancestral experience hosted by Sacred Conversations, takes place on the east coast of the island of Barbados in a rural community facing the Atlantic Ocean, where many of the ancestors of those who were brought across as slaves are buried.

In the early summer of 2018, I received my highly anticipated results from a home genetic testing kit purchased through AncestryDNA.com. I became very excited and couldn’t wait to see my results. From a very young age, I would hear […]

In this episode of Negra Como Soy on Culturs Global Network, Doni and Dr. Rhonda talk with Paulette Martinez Bethel, who got the shock of her life after taking a DNA ancestry test. I discovered that my paternity was not […]

“Go back to where you started, or as far back as you can,
examine all of it, travel your road again and tell the truth about it.
Sing or shout or testify or keep it to yourself: but know whence you came.”

In book one of the “What (Race) Are We” series, Ivorian-American Muslim author Papatia Feauxzar introduces readers to Nouredine on his first day of preschool. The boy, an only child, is elated to be around so many other kids — until one of his schoolmates asks him: “What are you!?”

The MTV movie awards were this past weekend, and many celebrities took home a golden popcorn statue. Mark Wahlberg was one of the big winners featured at the awards. Though he is an American, his ethnic background may surprise you. […]