I am in desperate need of help. I am looking for any information about my gggrandma Sylvia (BLACK) Kern. I don't have any information on her family. This saddens me because all I have is a picture of her, it feels like we have no past. My gggrandmother Sylvia (Silva) BLACK b. 1855 was a Cherokee, from Attala county, Mississippi. My mom told me that she was "adopted" by a doctor.