I began researching my family genealogy in minor ways in 2000 and did not take the deep dive until 2015 when I sent off my mother’s DNA to Ancestry. Through these blog posts I’ve been detailing the journey of my successes and setbacks. My greatest research challenge is that both my maternal and paternal family were enslaved in the same parishes in Louisiana. My maternal lineage has roots in Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas. Through DNA I have found significant information. I have not been able to break through any walls in researching my paternal lineage. Some of my greatest finds on my maternal branches have been uncovered quite accidentally while instead researching my paternal family tree. I have not been able to unearth any information on my paternal ancestors that connects or points to anywhere before their lives in Louisiana. I will continue to search.
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My Maryland-Louisiana Roots 