This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/UeB.2ACI/354.2564.1 Message Board Post: Im trying to trace my roots also, i barely know any of my family on my dads side. He died about 2 years ago, his name was Joseph Gilyard. Im 20 years old. I know i have family in St. Louis. I take that you are black? Are most Gilyards black that you know of? Im biracial (black and white)