Thanks Ann - that is really interesting. I'll copy it into my files of Anguillan/Caribbean geneology. It may also answer my question about why my husband looks and mine are similar - or go towards explaining that anyway! I know so little of all this. Fir e.g. I have yet to uncover the mystery of T71! Where is it, can I access it on-line (when I tried to ages ago, I couldn't understand the mumbo jumbo that came up to access it!) Can I ever discover the origins of my husband;s family (Mussingtons)!! Who knows. Sadie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Whiting" <aqw8326@hotmail.com> To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 11:41 PM Subject: Re: MSNBC News Link: DNA tackles a familys mysteries > Dear Sara, > I have long been shouting in the wilderness, that slave ships/slaves did not > arrive in the US via non stop cruses, but were first sold in in Caribbean. > Seasoning is not something that is mentioned, or hardly ever mentioned when > Slavery is discussed. That was a period of breaking the newly captured > slaves. If they had the misfortune to survive the crossing, they were first > broken in the islands. > The misconception of the Triangle trade is that slaves were acquired in > Africa, ships stopped in the Caribbean for provisions and rum and then > proceeded to the US. The truth is , newly captured slaves were sold in the > Caribbean, and 'Seasoned' slaves were bought, then taken to the US for > resale. > Every African American has an African Caribbean connection. > Records show that that St. Thomas and Curacao were major Seasoning Markets, > as the Dutch, owned plantation on these islands, and owned the Forts in > Africa, and the ships they did not have to use a middleman. > So the possibility of a caribbean connection is not that far-fetched. > A Jewish connection is also possible as Brandenburg Company which managed > these stations were started and financed by Portuguese Jews from Bergen and > Gluckstadt. > In genealogy one must keep an open mind and expected the unexpected. > Ann > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "Sara Weiss" <ksara@tesco.net> > Reply-To: CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com > To: CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: MSNBC News Link: DNA tackles a familys mysteries > Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 23:04:05 +0100 > > I'll tell you something else. Although I am mad keen to find out my Jewish > ancestry, possibly thro DNA - but unlikely according to Richard, thanks > Richard for saving me time and trouble - I have two black ancestors too. > > Accounts for my very frizzy hair and love of music mayhaps! Reading > "Roots" by Alex Haley has now, more than this website, made me start to > wonder about them. One was a slave who bought his freedom - West Indies or > America I do not know. The other was from the Caribbean but I do not know > where. My husband and I are similar in looks and he and some of my children > have the same features. His whole family are from Anguilla BWI and so one > wonders if there is a Black connection . Are we descended from the same > line. > > All slaves in the Caribbean came from Ethiopa - Christian ?Muslim and Jewish > (Falasha). But, he is also Jewish, so we may have descended from the same > person, way way back, in Israel. But then how could the appearance be so > similar after 3,000 years!!! The black line is more probable. But the > likelihood of my ancestors coming also from Anguilla is almost prepostrous. > Who knows? You'd need to be rich to find out!! > > One just keeps these things under one;s hat but nothing much can be done to > find out more - unless one is the subject of some far out TV documentary!!! > > However, I am just pleased to be part of all this, in a sort of 'inner' way. > Know what I mean? > > Sara Weiss > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <richwyn@idirect.com> > To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 11:44 PM > Subject: MSNBC News Link: DNA tackles a familys mysteries > > > > Richard Allicock sent you this MSNBC News Link: > > > > Message: > > Sara Weisss re-appearane on the DNA Issue was quite timely. Here is an > MSNBC account of some-one trying to use DNA to fill the gaps in his reearch. > There is also a link to the African Genetics for Genealogy company, > Afrigenesis for those who are interested. 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