It is a lot of layers that you peel through.” Robinson often relies on the expertise of the African American Genealogical ...

One potential obstacle to tracing African-American lineage is slavery, an institution that broke family bonds and made record keeping nearly impossible. Because African-American slaves were ...

Every other year, hundreds of African-American descendants of Hal Rand get together at a different location for a massive family reunion. It's a time to catch up and share stories, eat barbecue ...

Charles Holman had been researching his family tree for more than half a century when he stumbled upon a piece of information ...

One potential obstacle to tracing African-American lineage is slavery, an institution that broke family bonds and made record keeping nearly impossible. Because African-American slaves were ...