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On 06/10/2013 7:27 PM, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> Stephen <mca### [at] aol com> wrote:
>> I suppose it depends on how your family got their surname.
>> IIRC you are from the West Indies, I can't remember if it is Barbados or
>> the Bahamas.
>
> Virgin Islands.
>
But whose Virgin Islands?
>> It might have been taken from the white slave master as a
>> generic one or from an individual. The latter would give you blood ties,
>> of course.
>
> Definitely from a slave master, although I do not know to what extent the master
> was doing the slave women. Actually, the ethnic lines I can trace most directly
> are Seminole and Taino, although they are just a small part of my ancestry. It
> would be nice to say I'm, say, Mandinka or Yoruba or something, but I just don't
> know. Maybe when DNA sequencing drops below $1000 per request in 30 years or
> so...
>
That must be a bummer if you care about it. My mother never knew who her
father was. It made her really unhappy.
On a brighter note, I've worked with Yoruba in Nigeria, not the largest
tribe in the river states. But their tribal marks are recognisable.
>> As for Welsh or Scottish, it might be obvious to a Brit.
>> Jones, Welsh, Robertson probably Scots etc.
>
> Well, my mom's mom's maiden name was Jones (in Florida), although with our
> patrilineal system, that name is no longer in my side of the family. My surname
> is Callwood, which in turn is apparently derived from Collingwood or something
> similar. The names Brooks (Florida) and Abbot (Virgin Islands/Puerto Rico) are
> also in the mix.
>
>
Jones is as Welsh as the valleys and the others are English.
So no tartan for you unless you want to spend good money and make your
own. ;-)
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Regards
Stephen
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