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In reply to the discussion: Study: Southern Whites Have More Black DNA Than Whites In The Rest Of USA [View all]csziggy
(34,136 posts)15. It's not surprising - there were a lot with African ancestry who "passed" for white
If they could.
In researching family history on a side branch I found a young woman living with her older sister and widowed mother . The young woman had two children who in 1870 on the census were described as "mulatto." The children were young enough to have been conceived after the Civil War. On the 1880 census they were marked as white. By 1900 the son had married and had two children - from then on everyone in the family was marked as white on the census for two more generations. I wonder if anyone in that family realizes their lineage?
I haven't come across any other records like this, but I don't think it's entirely impossible there could be a similar story in my family waiting to be discovered.
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Study: Southern Whites Have More Black DNA Than Whites In The Rest Of USA [View all]
big_dog
Dec 2014
OP
Well, I don't think they considered the children created to be their own children,
StevieM
Dec 2014
#29
You are correct. But when human beings start to justify their behavior the truth seldom has a place.
jwirr
Dec 2014
#50
It's not surprising - there were a lot with African ancestry who "passed" for white
csziggy
Dec 2014
#15
Most blacks in know who are familiar with him say he even looks part black. I think so too. nt
kelliekat44
Dec 2014
#28