This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UeB.2ACI/354.2564.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Zak, Where was your father born? Was he born in Greenville or Columbia? Yes I am black, however there are quite a few Gilyards that are bi-racial. I would be happy to do some research to see if we are related? When and where was your father born? Do you have a birth certificate?