“Estimated relationship: Half-brother.” Four little words are all it took to change my entire life that night. It was the night I discovered my Dad was not my biological father. It was April 26, 2015. My husband Fred was sleeping next to me. I was sitting up in our bed with my iPad learning my…
In 1926, Mrs. G. J. Wilkins of Atlanta Georgia wrote to the Office of Indian Affairs, “My great-grandfather on my father’s side was a full-blooded Indian with tribal relations with the Cherokees of Georgia.” Mrs. Wilkins was referring to Abraham Helton, known by his family as Young Chicken Chetiganete. He was born in 1843. He…
Being Irish DNA results recently revealed to me a surprising revelation. I’m Irish. A lot Irish. I’ve just begun to search this lineage. It’s been interesting to say the least. Do you know what I’ve discovered? Irish genealogy research is hard. Missing census records from 1821 to 1891 due to fire and destruction require thinking…