Re: African-American
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In reply to:
African-American
Robert Brown 10/22/09
Yes, Robert, there were a number of white Fulliloves who owned slaves during the slave times.A good number of these former slaves kept their owners' name of Fullilove.I have studied the census records for 1870 Carroll County, MS, where many black Fullilove families with family members designated as "mullato" are living in close proximity to the household of their former masters. I have found many photos of black Fulliloves on the internet who are light skinned.I can't guarantee that all of them have the genes from white Fulliloves, but I am sure that some do.As time goes on my opinion is that there a very few blacks in America who are pure African in their genealogy.I always remember that the comedian, Richard Pryor, while visiting Africa asked an African man, "What tribe do you think I look like?"The man replied, "Italian".