Black British Family History Research and Identity

Penny Walters
Jun 19, 2020
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Introduction
4m 17s
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Black British People
13m 53s
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DNA Testing
6m 55s
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Jamaican Resources
2m 33s
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Researching Records
13m 20s
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Surname Study
6m 03s
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Difficulties
11m 26s

About this webinar

Black and mixed race people have a rich ancestral heritage, which, over the generations, they know less and less about. DNA testing has now led people to want to investigate the missing links between their Caribbean and African ancestors. In Ghanaian Akan mythology, the symbol of Sankofa – ‘Go Back and Fetch It’, meaning It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten.  This symbol represents the need to reflect on the past, to build a successful future. Researchers can investigate records through various archives, each of which can present ethical dilemmas. How do these findings impact on people researching their family tree now? This session will reflect on the speaker and her mixed race children experiences of ethnicity as a case study, including comparison of ethnicity DNA results, expressed identity, and narratives.

About the speaker

About the speaker

Dr. Penny Walters has been a University lecturer for 30 years in Psychology and Business Studies. Penny’s interest in genealogy started after having her first child and then wondering about her biological parents, as she was adopted. DNA tes
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