A Genealogist Gifts Tamron a Family Tree Tracing Her Roots Back to Slavery

In our episode titled “Tracing Tamron’s Roots”, we meet genealogist Kathy Bodenhorn Barnes who shares her findings about Tamron’s family history. We all know Tamron hails from Luling, Texas but now we’re digging a little deeper to find about how her family ended up there. This is an emotional sit-down that you will never forget #TamFam. Press play!
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[@j.c.maxena5352]

That is beautiful! I love happy moments like these.

[@LAW27Douglas]

I think that this is by far the BEST TAMRON show ever! I discovered your show in 2022 and have tried to watch every day since even when I can watch in the afternoon at 3:00P I’m catching either full shows or the highlights on You Tube🤩.

[@simshill295]

So happy for Tamron Hall there is so much more information out there to discover. Everyday and I mean everyday I spend way too much time doing genealogy on my paternal and maternal family. It is addictive to those who love ❤️ family history. Keep looking there is more to discover.

[@jedawg4767]

That's so awesome. I happened to know my grandmother's grandmother name because she would talk about her.

[@kenyagibson3757]

I want it done! I have not a clue past both my father and mother's fathers. The cost is pretty high for help beyond the library. I'm gonna get it done though! It's a must💚

[@tandt7694]

It's such a blessing to be able to find our ancestors who were formerly held in bondage in the 🇺🇸.
From experience, It's a gut punch when you see "don't know" on a census for birthplace of your ancestor's parents.
To know they don't know because they were separated from their parents as children is a hard reality.

[@mureenporter9981]

How lovely

[@maame6224]

Beautiful!❤❤❤❤

[@Bjbutterfly52]

I want to do this so much, but afraid of what I will find out. My parents died with so much secrets.

[@stephanie8202]

I think you should definitely do it. We ALL should know where we come from, good or bad.

[@Bjbutterfly52]

@@stephanie8202 I agree. I really have to pray on this.

[@rondoetaylor847]

I would definitely encourage you to do if you feel led. It will be joyful, heartbreaking, and lot of laughter, and mind blowing moments. Just take it one step at a time and take breaks where you need to. I’ve been doing it for over 23 years and haven’t stopped since. And I have connected to so many relatives and family stories that were lost to time.

[@blendedagendas664]

Where did she get that paper stock from? It’s gorgeous. I am a genealogist and would love to use the paper for clients.

[@dorothyedwards7225]

👍👍👏👏👏😃

[@GeeBee212]

Most former enslaved people did not choose to keep their last enslavers surname.

[@esmeraldapooner751]

It would have been nice to also see DNA test included. But I guess this is all she want to know on her show.

[@prettysemiD]

Yes, in the first portion of this clip she stated that she did not want a DNA test, not just for the show but at all. She doesn’t want to dive into current distant relatives. She only wants to know about her ancestors.

[@ChannelMK2]

Also, I will add, pls: We know that autosomal DNA tests like AncestryDNA and 23andMe, for example, give a personal ethnicity profile + DNA matches;
however, mtDNA and y-DNA tests are options too
that give not a personal ethnicity profile but rather results of a particular family lineage.
...Something that maybe she might consider someday...that gives her more than she knew about her deep ancestry
but doesn't necessarily involve the parts that she doesn't welcome at this time.
#AfricanAncestry

[@Mimi-ht6xr]

@@ChannelMK2…l don’t know. There’s a lot of room for guess-timate if you don’t know your European lineages or the history of racism in the south or the various laws that pencil erased local Amerindians or how many Blacks and Creoles were slaveowners as well as slaves or….😂 😂 l began my own family tree back in the early 2000s..❤

[@ChannelMK2]

​@@Mimi-ht6xr ​ Yes, 'accuracy' is a whollle 'nother mountain...an issue with both autosomal and mtDNA/y-DNA tests as they continue to collect reference data...
However, to the lamentation that she didn’t include a DNA test as part of the show...
...and to the reply that she didn't want to be connected to DNA relatives:
there is a pathway to test her maternal line DNA + not be connected to relatives.
(The autosomal tests might even offer the option to not receive DNA matches.)