If you have a MAC and go into Safari, and then your News folder, you most likely have an on line subscription to the LA Times. Today there is a terrific article, listed below. Joe Mozingo, a while journalist, traced his linage to a black African in Virginia, quite a surprise as they thought they were Italian for generations or what ever. He did a superior job of writing this article which comes in three parts, along with photographs and a slide show. While Monzingo is not Dutch, it is however a story that well could be and most likely could be Dutch as we know our Dutch ancestors did have slaves. Moving into the future, I believe that we are going to discover that there will be more tracings not just from black to white but also white to black and all mixes in between. If you don't have access to this paper, let me know and they have an emailing service and I can arrange to have the article emailed to you, hopefully. Judy A FAMILY SECRET In search of the meaning of 'Mozingo' By Joe Mozingo | 5:10 a.m. Curious about his unusual name, a journalist and father traces his lineage to the 1600s -- and unearths a conflicted past. Audio slide show: Tracing a family name to a hidden past Photos: Wide-ranging roots Interactive: Mozingos in America Part 2: An old diary throws him a curve He could grasp having a black ancestor way back in the 1600s. But 1800s? A slave? Part 3: A Mozingo hears the tale of two clans He wonders how each family -- one black, one white -- would react to the fact that their common forefather was black.

Thank you for spotting this article.  I Googled:   Monzingo LA Times May 17, 2010 and got a link directly to full article, which might work for others who are interested.   Jan --- On Mon, 5/17/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [DUTCH-COLONIES] In Search of the Meaning of Monzingo To: [email protected], [email protected] Date: Monday, May 17, 2010, 8:57 AM If you have a MAC and go into Safari, and then your News folder, you most likely have an on line subscription to the LA Times.  Today there is a terrific article, listed below.  Joe Mozingo, a while journalist, traced his linage to a black African in Virginia, quite a surprise as they thought they were Italian for generations or what ever.  He did a superior job of writing this article which comes in three parts, along with photographs and a slide show.  While Monzingo is not Dutch, it is however a story that well could be and most likely could be Dutch as we know our Dutch ancestors did have slaves.  Moving into the future, I believe that we are going to discover that there will be more tracings not just from black to white but also white to black and all mixes in between.  If you don't have access to this paper, let me know and they have an emailing service and I can arrange to have the article emailed to you,  hopefully.  Judy  A FAMILY SECRET In search of the meaning of 'Mozingo' By Joe Mozingo | 5:10 a.m. Curious about his unusual name, a journalist and father traces his lineage to the 1600s -- and unearths a conflicted past. Audio slide show: Tracing a family name to a hidden past Photos: Wide-ranging roots Interactive: Mozingos in America Part 2: An old diary throws him a curve He could grasp having a black ancestor way back in the 1600s. But 1800s? A slave? Part 3: A Mozingo hears the tale of two clans He wonders how each family -- one black, one white -- would react to the fact that their common forefather was black. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message