It's sad that this is considered a "newsworthy" story mostly because Mr. Ganaway was black and his white ancestors accepted him. Accepting the people in your own family shouldn't be such a big deal but sadly because of this country's terrible racial history, it is.
Tears. Im black and My grandfather is white and was disowned by his family. He died in 93 and we still can't find who his actual parents and family are. Rip Birthel Simpkins!
I'm so sorry, but G-d bless you for caring and looking beyond race. Race is only a big deal when people make it a big deal. If the words "white" and "black" were not in this title, then this video probably wouldn't even get that many views. Let's just be Americans.
That is so sad. I’m so sorry he was disowned. No one should feel what he went through. We are human and we live under the same sky. Wish people would stop discriminating based on someone’s race. We all are human and have more things in common than differences
There is so much mixed races within a family that people don’t realize!!! We need to live in peace and accept everyone! That’s the lesson. We don’t even really know what we are.
yeah for some of us the race mixture not even that distant. Found out my great grandmother's great grandfather( my 4th great grandfather) dad was a white man. The thought that my great grandmother share the same amount of DNA with me as a white man can is pretty interesting. She lived long enough to meet me to. Her great grandfather lived long enough to meet her. Did hear my great grandmother was really lightskinned so I expected there was probably some mixture going on. I guess i would share about 1% of my DNA with him.
This is how I felt when I found out about my great grandfather Poppa Tom. He was a Caucasian Irish man. I have two grandsons who look just like him and is lighter than the other grandchildren. My son thought his son wasn't his, although he looks just like him, he did the dna test to prove he was. A year later our Caucasian family started appearing and there's a photo of Poppa Tom that looks just like my grandsons. If you haven't done so, do your Ancestry. I have found over 100 family members who all carry the stories and legacies of what I knew or heard growing up. From Ireland, Honduras, Belize and Cameroon and much more in between. I love being the new record keeper.
@KORA SADLER that's awesome!! I can go back to my great- grandmother who was 💯% Cherokee on my dad's side . I'm definitely going to get a DNA test to find out more!
thats a scientific fact I recently found out. apparently, the first human came from africa and his descendants emigrated and evolved as a result of enviromental factors
I am proud to say that I’m a married to a Beautiful Black Women and having 3 children. God has blessed my family. My mom and dad are very happy to have mixed grandchildren.
snoopyy28 Human races were invented by the white supremacists (aka Western European enslavers) to rationalize their continual enslavement of Africans and theft of indigenous people's lands. The label "white" and "black" are simply socio-political labels as well as "races". I don't know why people of African descent cling to a colour label to describe themselves.
YaNNaY SheCkLeRoSeNBeRgSTEIN ranting of a delusional brain washed fool why are you still breathing and good people are dying keep thinking your superior you poor uneducated fool your hate makes you so blind and what really sad is u live your whole short little life believing this nonsense ❌
YaNNaY SheCkLeRoSeNBeRgSTEIN the truth hurts lol if only this just proves my point your a dumb ass please read a book a good one,not one that lies about the history of the world and whitewashes everything ☹️👍🏾
They are not black. You go anywhere in the world biracial people are not considered black, why would be people who are 2-3 generations removed from a black person be considered black. They are not black and do not live the lives of black people in America. They are white people with some African ancestry, that's it.
L Smaccks historically black have been seen as a negative. black natives in Australia have been bred out too now. Most tourist think natives are white because that is how the descendants of the black natives now look. It was govt policy to achieve that outcome Most white looking natives don't tell others their background and just pass as white only
What does that say about the condition of humanity for this woman to hide from who she was obviously for the privileges she couldn't have accessed as a Black person.
@Angel maybe, but now it’s for love! We’re you around when slavery was? We’re you around when colonisation was? No, I didn’t think so, but you sound so bitter!
I am in my late 60's...I am so proud that my white parents did not teach us that different colour or races were different..To them..everyone were humans...I remember my mom saying that a black baby was so beautiful!!!.. She appreciated every kind of races because she said they all had something different to teach us....so me coming from an all white little town and go live in Connecticut was amazing to me!!!!.. My first best friend at school was black and i adored her...then meeting all the others...never bothered me... I'm so sorry that some people have difficulties with the colour of skin or race..Everyone is beautiful and has something to teach us...❤
They are a beautiful family. They do all carry their great grandad’s long facial structure but several of those women sure resemble their Swedish grandma 🙂
@Umbuko DaJuko No, that's not how genetics work. His genes are strong because in his grandchildren and great grandchildren you can still see his bone structure, their underlying skin tones and dark wavy hair though they are twice removed.
@Umbuko DaJuko They still look like him. Dark, curly hair, dark undertones in skin color should be an indication that a white person may have something else in them but that's a conversation most aren't ready for.
@@yolandawilson6619 I don't see it. I think people just like to say they can see similarity or people look like this person or that. Not everyone looks alike.
@@milkandspice1074 I'm speaking of his bone structure and features. He does resemble his grandfather the same as anyone else can resemble other members in their family. Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it doesn't exist nor does it mean that people "just like to say they see something". There are various ways people look like people and it doesn't have to be identical. I'm sure you look like other people in your family the same as I do.
@@yolandawilson6619 People say I look like a lot of people I do not look like. And a lot of people have that bone structure. There really isn't a resemblance.
My husband who is Sicilian did a DNA test and he is 12% Mozambique and 10% indigenous Peruvian. We are all connected to one another. Our souls just reside in a shell of different colors. We come to this planet in order to learn and grow.
Jerry Smith You bought the lie of the RACIST One Drop Rule created to maintain White Supremacy in America. Mary HAS EVERY RIGHT to acknowledge BOTH her parents whose love created her and not PRETEND she is only Black! What is a person who has a Chinese mother and White Father, Chinese? OF COURSE NOT!
Ganaway is an Irish surname. Her grandmother, "Colleen" is also an Irish name. ❤ I applaud the "Chicago Tribune" for worthy Personal Interest Journalism.
I got the impression he wasn't erased, but his race wasn't talked about. That makes sense for the times. If the grandmother could pass as white, it made an easier life for her.
I had always been called 'high yellow, or dirty red' while i grew up in Harlem, NY, and in Brooklyn,NY. I have always embraced my mixed heritage because, obviously, some where along my heritage, the races mixed. Now, you can go directly to the facts about 'the slave master rapped our ancestors, or to the fact that there was consensual sex among members of different Indian tribes and the African Slaves and the white man. As long as people don't deny their mixed heritage, and stop getting caught up on the 'skin color' , the extended families will thrive and prosper in love, respect, and prosperity, and most of all the JOY of life fulfilled.
subsystem101 and people like you are vile creatures who should be cast back into hell. I don't care what color you are. Who are you to judge anyone else?
Indeed, mixed is not the same as being white or black or red/yellos, it´s exactly what the term means: a mix of different lineages and King Ganaway was mixed himself, to start with, something which can be easily seen by his photo. Also, one of my brother´s youth friends looked completely Afro-Brazilian, had very dark skin but had one of his greatfathers as a very white (reddish white by the way, as he would describe his granddad) Portuguese man!
G&D Maxwell no disrespect but you do know black people come in different shades that's what makes us special. Just because you're light doesn't make you mixed. My mother is light with green / grey eyes n she is fully black and proud. Trust and believe white people are not out here claiming blacks because of a 1% ounce of European ancestry.
Since God created humanity through ONE COUPLE when you face him you'll have to acknowledge that truth - we are all ONE RACE, HUMAN. We just have different ETHNICITIES, with hair and skin that adapted to various regions of the world. That's why when the Jews were scattered throughour the world, today DNA PROVES there are Black Jews, Indian Jews, Chinese Jews etc. They are not converts but DIRECT DESCENDANTS and have written history that chronicled their journey from Israel.
You and your two idiot followers on here are spiteful, angry, ugly and without any heart or soul. People are finding out more now regarding their ancestry and are interested in the history. Have you morons thought to do the same? Or is it that you know if you researched your lines and had a famous or wealthy family you'd go for the money...of course YOU would. Not everybody feels the same. Some people love genealogy for the sake of tying lines together. Some do it to find truths in families and very clearly, some dunderheads as yourselves would do it merely for profit out of spite. Smdh, you still haven't learned...
@@norskawarrior1919 You are the idiots here. We want to know their relationship with black people before this discovery which took so long for them to even know.
@@project-237 are you brain dead? I am the "idiots" here? Well now, I can see I'm dealing with a true genius now...smdh Wtf does that family have to prove to anyone? NOTHING! They found out they have a famous ancestor they knew nothing about before and were curious about it. Their ancestor just so happened to be black, well whoop di doo. I'm quite sure that many more families will find out amazing things in their ancestral lineage and I THINK THAT'S AWESOME! As for people who choose to race bait, well that's simply because they are ignorant and hate filled. Race is and was a man-made concept simply used to divide and conquer. I see that some are still living in that conquered mentality, which BTW NOT every one does. There are people all over the world of every shade and every experience in life is unique and different. Shame that your brain just can't grasp beyond your mediocre ideology on real life...smh...sad really.
A very human and moving story; which probably tends to be the case when we acknowledged and celebrate our shared humanity; instead of what seems to separate us!
Little Miss Caucasian people are a toxic third-string mutation from other Asians. Africans are the first people... Caucasians are not the African primary Gene code group. Caucasian people are not African. Nice try yall. Peace.
Little Miss Its amazing that all the descendants are white and none black. To see that fat black woman so proudly handing over a legacy like that just rings house mammy too. Why didn't they look for his black family members.
I took that to mean that he learned about how one drop of black blood made a person black, and the different "levels" of mixed race people. It is quite complicated.
The report kept mentioning the family securing his legacy and his intellectual property in other words. I hope that securing the legacy isn't the motivation behind everything. Hopefully everything is genuine as far as wanting to know more about a relative they knew nothing of.
And Canaway looked well dressed with tie and suite,so we know he was doing very well for that time in chicago! The way someone is dressed ,will let U know he was doing good! GD Bless his soul.
The grandson and great-grandson both look biracial. How could they NOT know they are part black? And really, why are you all saying that these people are ashamed of their black ancestry? The people to blame in all of this are their black ancestors who chose to hide the fact that they were black.
There are many white americans with dark pigmentation from spain, russia, from the caucasus from italy or greece etc. Pete sampras was also very dark Do you think all europeans look like germans or brits
There is no blame in choosing to make their life easier by "passing". Race was a immoral social construct based roughly on ethnicity. The disadvantages of being LABELLED negro/colored in a racist society are clear.
I just found out that I was adopted and I didn't know I was Afghan or South Asian until I was like a teenager. And I thought I was only half Afghan only to find out that was adopted into a African American family. So I embrace both cultures
my mom was adopted by white parents named mike foster and amy foster and i found out that my famliy came on the may flower and we have african native american and from asia
Hineni John3:16, While many blacks claim native based on family hearsay, many actually DO have native ancestry as a fact. Blacks and natives mixed often over the years, as allies and both oppressed peoples.
Hineni John3:16 Whites do NOT have high cheekbones and black hair. Also, Ancestry tests have been proven Fake and tampered with. This is something i always believed anyway. Esp when blacks know of some native ancestry, then jealous whites will try to deny it and claim it as caucasian. But you can't tell someone who their own ancestors are when they know better. As for history, there is proof natives got along with black people, mixed with blacks, and were kind to slaves, esp escaped slaves. Only the cherokees were worst, looking for the white's approval. I'm aware that whites tried to play the two groups against each other many times, to prevent them allying together. But most of the time, that division didn't work.
Hineni John3:16 Cherokee Indian does not test because the tribe FORBIDS the donation of the modern Cherokee admixture to any labs. All matrilineal Native American DNA traces back to source and that source is European and Central Asian. This is where Native Americans came from: Russia and surrounding areas and Scandinavia then over the land bridge. My family is documented Native American documented on the Dawes rolls and documented back to the early 1800s in the Census in Georgia as owned property and Cherokee offspring. Our DNA shows up as White Russian and Finnish, but also, our DNA matches full tribal relatives. Cherokee were prevented from claiming any racial mixing with blacks by both law and treaty. To this day if over 10% of Native Americans have mixed with other indigenous people, the treaties can be nullified. Indigenous was code for African people and history records the purpose was to prevent natives and blacks,from joining forces. Native Americans continue to pay a very high price for denying the rightful heritage of many former slave descendants. The Cherokee in Georgia and the rest of the south owned slaves. They mated with slaves and in Georgia they documented these people as mixed blood. But in other places, the mixes happened but were not documented. The DNA tests of modern Cherokee now would show a strong mix of European DNA. (Which means even if fonated, the mix is now skewed) whites allowed themselves to mix freely with Natives to the point that they racially appropriated Native Americans. There is a huge price to pay for the imbalance of denying blood. The day Natives embrace their black descendants and defy white laws are the day they will finally heal and prosper as a people and get their Spiritual power back.. A Cree shaman told me that...then a full blooded Hawaiian said the same thing..then an OK Cherokee shaman said the same. Karma is a bitch that way. I have cousins who are documented Narive Americans, recognized through early 1800s census and the Dawes. We share the same great grandparents who were both 75% Native and 25% black or other. Our claim is indisputable. Even the Cherokee Nation does not dispute the claims. But my DNA shows White Russian, Scandanavian and Central Asian. Not Native American. I was told it will not show Cherokee because they do not and CANNOT provide admixture sampling due to continual ongoing mixing. There has to be a certain % of a people still unmixed to retain Native status. The Nation made the choice to not take a chance on revelations that could compromise the last treaties.
@Hineni John3:16 lol. Get over yourselves. I dont know why people revere native Americans so much.please. Maybe if you had mixed with the 'BLACKS' (you all did, sorry) your asses would have survived.
Wonderful story. Unfortunately, there are probably a lot of ancestors whom have have been dismissed or their names were never mentioned because of families being ashamed. And a lot of people will say Indian, Puerto Rican or whatever , just not to say black or white which in actuality that they are indeed mixed with. Some people were born out of love, some were not, extramarital affairs, rape or were just too young and became parents. Everyone then as well as now were meant to be. Love your heritage. Whatever it is. And be proud of it. Tell your heritage to your children. YOUR REAL HERITAGE. Tell it.... So your real and true heritage and story can be shared for many generations to come.
I know you new generations keep saying forget the rest but please cheek what happened to black people as slave back then not long time ago! Cheek who dod you think you are serious! No body ask there name but "there owner" i can't imagine how that would affect the generation!
Wow! Blown away by his Beautiful work...I am excited to learn more of Mr. Ganaway....he would have continued to be unknown to the world had it not been for those curious minds and the magic of available geneology technology!!!
They are white people. Most whites in the United States have Black ancestry. I'm black African American and I have white ancestry 5 generations ago, but it doesn't make me White. Everybody is Mix in the United States.
I wish I knew about mine! They kept me in the dark and it is my bloodline! You know that is evil! How dare they tell strangers and not me! I went to a family reunion almost 20 years ago and those people looked white ! I don’t know anything about that side and that was done on purpose! I am mad enough to burn the whole world!
Second time watching...I love this doc. Tim Fredericks exhibits his grandfathers stature and you could see the ethnic makeup in him as well. Black people know their own if close enough to see the features. Also the slim man with the glasses that spoke of upbrining...you could see some ethnic features as well starting with the hair
I disagree... I say do you.... life is so expensive.... If one of your ancestors (Black or White) was smart enough to live you something of value... than BANK on it. As long as you can prove it.
It’s really not their fault. The truth was hidden from them. Now they want to preserve his legacy and give him credit for his works that he never received. Whats so wrong with that? It would be different if they knew and were just now coming out. The truth was literally intentionally kept from them.
because you read minds and you know everything right - youignorant fooll you are whats wrong with the united states today stop your pompass know it all know what other people are thinking or feel - YOU ARE THE RACIST HERE AND WHATS SAD YOU DONT EVEN KNOW - dont let the mic hit you
I would love to see my Caucasian family!!! My mother said there parents choose to separate from the mixed family . I understand bc of the shame but We Are family!!!! I love you no matter what
I think we are missing the point here. They are embracing him because he is their ancestor. They are in fact African American. So what! USA is a big melting pot. I hope they are able to collect all they can from their great ancestor. Good luck!! From a true descendent of Duke Ellington.
Don Rider: Effective 1996 into 2017 researchers have come to the truths in which I've known since 1996 my truth ancestors were the original Jews. This is what for 4 plus centuries our real identity that the amass and the nonblack females shared equally in the derogramming of my ancestors and their future generations into 2017. We are in a chaotic destructive situation where we have damped ourselves for doom- ville our tomorrow generations are rotating back to worsen conditions than or parents, grandparents, great grandparenrs, great-great grandparents and generations before them. Some who are you and where your history begun and minds started in a little town called Greenville South Carolina the heart of the slave controversies. And, I am a free woman. What about you when you in denial and confused in who in the hell you are.
They are not African American. They are simply white with some African ancestry. They are no more Black than I am white due to my white ancestry from slavery. I hate to be suspicious of them but I am. I seriously doubt that these people would be so keen on claiming him if there were no money involved.
The fact that this is news is evidence that we have a long way to go. Big news! White family accepts their Black ancestor! Look, everyone! His story, legacy should have been the focus of this video.
The status, as you can see this family is surrounded by influence and rub their shoulders with high society, now they turned this hidden secret to their advantage
7montrell His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; Revelation:1:14 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. Revelation:1:15 He's a so called Black man And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: Romans:11:26 so how is he for ever body and it tells u in the Bible who are the chosen people are But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers. Jeremiah:16:15 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. Deuteronomy:28:68 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; Genesis:15:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. Romans:9:13 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. 2 Corinthians:11:22
Marquise Aaron Romans 2:11 KJV - For there is no respect of persons with God. Deuteronomy 23:7-8 KJV - Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land. The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation. Proverbs 3:31-32 KJV - Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous. Galatians 3:28-29 KJV - There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. Deuteronomy 1:16-17 KJV - And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. 1 Peter 1:17 KJV - And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: James 2:8-9 KJV - If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. Jeremiah 31:27 KJV - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. Jeremiah 31:29-30 KJV - In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. Luke 10:30-36 YLT - and Jesus having taken up the word, said, 'A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving him half dead. 'And by a coincidence a certain priest was going down in that way, and having seen him, he passed over on the opposite side; and in like manner also, a Levite, having been about the place, having come and seen, passed over on the opposite side. 'But a certain Samaritan, journeying, came along him, and having seen him, he was moved with compassion, and having come near, he bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine, and having lifted him up on his own beast, he brought him to an inn, and was careful of him; and on the morrow, going forth, taking out two denaries, he gave to the innkeeper, and said to him, Be careful of him, and whatever thou mayest spend more, I, in my coming again, will give back to thee. 'Who, then, of these three, seemeth to thee to have become neighbour of him who fell among the robbers?' Romans 13:10 KJV - Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. James 2:8 KJV - If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
I hate it,they will claim reparations if it ever happens then that money will go to everything white which defeats the purpose of even having reparations.U better wake up an stop.being so Christian like.This is what's happening to us right now to where we are wiping ourselves out,breeding ourselves right out of exsistance due to all the race mixing,you will be like this guy was down the line,it's actually sad as fk,nothing beautiful about this story!
Ive researched my family back to 1829 on many sides. Yes there are caucasians here and there, but I have not and probably will not reach out to them. My experience and growing up in America has caused me to have no interest in reaching out to them. Finding my black relatives for me is everything and a blessing. I know there are white folks in my family tree but I just have no interest in knowing them.
Queen Quenepa I am the problem in America? How ignorant do you sound? I am Americas problem because I love and embrace my people? If you are black you are an embarrassment to our people. If you are white then I expect you to blame and put Americas problems on everyone else. Shame on you for trolling someone for embracing their own. If you think Im Americas problem then you need to educate yourself more. You are way behind.
Bart Stinson If anything you are a black man. I love my culture and my dark brown skin. There is nothing I want of yours. I dont want your women or your culture. I embraced my own as much as I can.
It's sad that this is considered a "newsworthy" story mostly because Mr. Ganaway was black and his white ancestors accepted him. Accepting the people in your own family shouldn't be such a big deal but sadly because of this country's terrible racial history, it is.
His white descendants, not ancestors. And this is a lot more common than you think, for a lot longer than you think.
Exactly, why is this news!
I consider this newsworthy because I never knew about this man and his accomplishments for his time. That is what’s newsworthy.
@Paul Hardrick it was not for you…
This is a sign of healing.
We, all of us, need to heal from this traumatic history.
Tears. Im black and My grandfather is white and was disowned by his family. He died in 93 and we still can't find who his actual parents and family are. Rip Birthel Simpkins!
I'm so sorry, but G-d bless you for caring and looking beyond race. Race is only a big deal when people make it a big deal.
If the words "white" and "black" were not in this title, then this video probably wouldn't even get that many views. Let's just be Americans.
Do this gene ancestry testing and you probably can find out something
That is so sad. I’m so sorry he was disowned. No one should feel what he went through. We are human and we live under the same sky. Wish people would stop discriminating based on someone’s race. We all are human and have more things in common than differences
Sad for you, hopefully you’ll find out the information you seek
I have an entire maternal family line I’ll never know... it’s so sad and my family still bears the trauma
Peace and blessings to you ❤️🧡
There is so much mixed races within a family that people don’t realize!!! We need to live in peace and accept everyone! That’s the lesson. We don’t even really know what we are.
NAILED IT! Thank You!
Yess you nailed this one with just 1 blow.
We are an interracial family. You accept and love each other for who we are. Yes you are right.
yeah for some of us the race mixture not even that distant. Found out my great grandmother's great grandfather( my 4th great grandfather) dad was a white man. The thought that my great grandmother share the same amount of DNA with me as a white man can is pretty interesting. She lived long enough to meet me to. Her great grandfather lived long enough to meet her. Did hear my great grandmother was really lightskinned so I expected there was probably some mixture going on. I guess i would share about 1% of my DNA with him.
So true.
This is how I felt when I found out about my great grandfather Poppa Tom. He was a Caucasian Irish man. I have two grandsons who look just like him and is lighter than the other grandchildren. My son thought his son wasn't his, although he looks just like him, he did the dna test to prove he was. A year later our Caucasian family started appearing and there's a photo of Poppa Tom that looks just like my grandsons. If you haven't done so, do your Ancestry. I have found over 100 family members who all carry the stories and legacies of what I knew or heard growing up. From Ireland, Honduras, Belize and Cameroon and much more in between. I love being the new record keeper.
@KORA SADLER that's awesome!! I can go back to my great- grandmother who was 💯% Cherokee on my dad's side . I'm definitely going to get a DNA test to find out more!
That’s beautiful 🤩
Black is dominant my sister!
@@blockbeater28 No it's not all races are equal
@@aandrewa4238 Explain yourself I have facts soooo…..
Everbody started out black .... have a great day
Kkkkkkki
Amen
thats a scientific fact I recently found out. apparently, the first human came from africa and his descendants emigrated and evolved as a result of enviromental factors
@Nature who care a racist is going to be racist no matter what
@Q B most republicans don't believe in science, are you a republican?
I am proud to say that I’m a married to a Beautiful Black Women and having 3 children. God has blessed my family. My mom and dad are very happy to have mixed grandchildren.
God bless you and your family ❤️
Darwinism at its finest.
A lot of white people really want to be black.
^ on god
@@marksmall1476 That's pathetic.
What a handsome man indeed.
even their ancestor got significant white ancestry in him , so he wasn t only black he was black and white mix
Tim Fredericks actually looks like his great grandfather in the face structure. Same ears too.
TechnoTroubadour he also had similar features to the black woman who was also a descendant. 2:31
Yes they put a lot of cream in the coffee over the years in fact it looks like it's all cream now
He has a clearly black nose.
TechnoTroubadour. Omg i thought the same thing.
Still, he was probably racist before he found out.
this african man was doing great at the time,when racism was fierce all over
He wasn't African.
Good post however as Meb777 pointed out ...he wasn't African..He wasn't born in Africa but in the U.S. consequently he was an American.
And they destroyed his work, calling him amateur photographer 😒
Many black people did very well for themselves, but you don't hear about it, because good news is no news..
he brought himself up from the ranks of porter on trains, so shit was still in effect, homie just did his thing and got around it.
racism will forever exist as long as you see me as black man and i see you as a white man,why not see each other as fellow humans
snoopyy28 Human races were invented by the white supremacists (aka Western European enslavers) to rationalize their continual enslavement of Africans and theft of indigenous people's lands. The label "white" and "black" are simply socio-political labels as well as "races". I don't know why people of African descent cling to a colour label to describe themselves.
ElPocho DelMundo Cafe' au lait! ¡Cafe' ole'!
YaNNaY SheCkLeRoSeNBeRgSTEIN ranting of a delusional brain washed fool why are you still breathing and good people are dying keep thinking your superior you poor uneducated fool your hate makes you so blind and what really sad is u live your whole short little life believing this nonsense ❌
YaNNaY SheCkLeRoSeNBeRgSTEIN the truth hurts lol if only this just proves my point your a dumb ass please read a book a good one,not one that lies about the history of the world and whitewashes everything ☹️👍🏾
Guess what, we all are not just the same species, but same subspecies
I wonder how the white family felt towards black people before finding out they are black
J walker
Probably the same way. They are just a little richer due to his pics. Easy money. Lol.
They are not black. You go anywhere in the world biracial people are not considered black, why would be people who are 2-3 generations removed from a black person be considered black. They are not black and do not live the lives of black people in America. They are white people with some African ancestry, that's it.
Depends on how much credit they can gain😃😃
They are not black......
J P-Smith honey they aren’t black
Mr Ganaway sounded like a class act. RIP.
Beautiful!!! Just a lesson in life... we're all connected! Black, Caucasian, French, Egyptian...you name it!!
@Michelle house music Chapman Yup soo true and lol Egyptians are close to blacks as expected anyways :)
“That’s when I learned of the whole black thing” 🤣🤣🤣
He said a mouthful lol
whites are racist and that is reality
Yeah that's nice...... What if he was just an everyday black man would they be Soo happy to be related to him...... I wonder 🤔🤔🤔
Exactly
I doubt it.
Notice they needed the black woman that wasn't blood related to do all of the talking
@@wavegodrobsanders539 Same old same black woman all happy looking for her white Jesus.
@@Shahmar basically
I'm glad that this family all found one another again after a couple of generations.
When you are rich or famous, the color of the skin becomes irrelevant. It's simply economics.
not true
You truly believe that?
100% true! Fuck the comments above mine lmao 😂
@@thenbagreatteller1855 ha if you say so
@Mugiwara Zee smh
How sad to be ashamed of your heritage. I'm glad they know the truth now. I'm happy for the them. Tell his story!! God bless them.
Those photos are amazing. What a talented man. Love to see old Chicago like never before.
Would this whole reunion have happened if he wasn't a `good Black guy'??
Probably, as long as he was still a renowned photographer hidden to them from their parents.
Would you celebrate an ancestor if you found out he sucked?
Yes and I have, thank you very much...
Meisha
You've lost a good opportunity to be quiet...
guleiro Go hide and be quiet while the real world turns for those with maturity & discernment.
That was beautiful. I really appreciate that this family embraced someone that other families would may have denied being related to.
Dorothy Crawley how are they erasing their self fool
“The whole black thing”😂🤦🏽♀️
L Smaccks historically black have been seen as a negative.
black natives in Australia have been bred out too now. Most tourist think natives are white because that is how the descendants of the black natives now look.
It was govt policy to achieve that outcome
Most white looking natives don't tell others their background and just pass as white only
He was probably racist before he found out.......
What's sup ma
Right 😂
@@israelarteaga4385, But he has a black wife. So how can you know?
So the grandmother passed as white due to the conditions of the time. It makes sense.
What does that say about the condition of humanity for this woman to hide from who she was obviously for the privileges she couldn't have accessed as a Black person.
Where does it say the grandmother passed as white..like the last comment on this thread... she was Swedish that’s white.!!!
The great-grandfather was also pretty white, that's why she passed.
@@aquilaclark814 They're talking about the King Ganaway's daughter who was mixed. The Swedish woman would be the great-grandmother.
We all have mixed ancestors somewhere down the line. There is absolutely no point in being prejudice because it’s hypocritical.
Right, lol we all probably black & white
@@MagnificentHealingCreations Yes🦁
@@MagnificentHealingCreations I Agree
@Angel maybe, but now it’s for love! We’re you around when slavery was? We’re you around when colonisation was? No, I didn’t think so, but you sound so bitter!
Nobody is White or Black we are all different shades of Brown
I am in my late 60's...I am so proud that my white parents did not teach us that different colour or races were different..To them..everyone were humans...I remember my mom saying that a black baby was so beautiful!!!.. She appreciated every kind of races because she said they all had something different to teach us....so me coming from an all white little town and go live in Connecticut was amazing to me!!!!.. My first best friend at school was black and i adored her...then meeting all the others...never bothered me...
I'm so sorry that some people have difficulties with the colour of skin or race..Everyone is beautiful and has something to teach us...❤
I read that MMA female fighter Rhonda Rousey is part black due to her great grandfather who lived in Canada, and was the first black doctor in Canada.
thats pretty cool
Yeah i heard something similar
She white.
I'm not surprised. She has a certain swag of confidence about her.
That makes sense I haven't heard many white people names rhonda
They are a beautiful family. They do all carry their great grandad’s long facial structure but several of those women sure resemble their Swedish grandma 🙂
His genes were strong! Look at the hair, underlying skin tones, etc.
@Umbuko DaJuko No, that's not how genetics work. His genes are strong because in his grandchildren and great grandchildren you can still see his bone structure, their underlying skin tones and dark wavy hair though they are twice removed.
@Umbuko DaJuko They still look like him. Dark, curly hair, dark undertones in skin color should be an indication that a white person may have something else in them but that's a conversation most aren't ready for.
@@yolandawilson6619 I don't see it. I think people just like to say they can see similarity or people look like this person or that. Not everyone looks alike.
@@milkandspice1074 I'm speaking of his bone structure and features. He does resemble his grandfather the same as anyone else can resemble other members in their family. Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it doesn't exist nor does it mean that people "just like to say they see something". There are various ways people look like people and it doesn't have to be identical. I'm sure you look like other people in your family the same as I do.
@@yolandawilson6619 People say I look like a lot of people I do not look like. And a lot of people have that bone structure.
There really isn't a resemblance.
What a family legacy. May they all continue to be blessed.
My husband who is Sicilian did a DNA test and he is 12% Mozambique and 10% indigenous Peruvian. We are all connected to one another. Our souls just reside in a shell of different colors. We come to this planet in order to learn and grow.
I agree we're all interconnected.
Rubbish. These ppl are white so is your husband.
Cool!
@@aussies_are_white0057 Aussies are immigrants, few people are "pure"🙂 No shame in that
Beautiful story. Beautiful family.
All of us really only know so much about our ancestry. We need to love ourselves othets and our heratige.
I'm BI-RACIAL, and I think it's awesome!
PEACE TO YOU, MARY :)
Jerry Smith You bought the lie of the RACIST One Drop Rule created to maintain White Supremacy in America. Mary HAS EVERY RIGHT to acknowledge BOTH her parents whose love created her and not PRETEND she is only Black! What is a person who has a Chinese mother and White Father, Chinese? OF COURSE NOT!
Jerry Smith So, you're a racist?
BILLY BOBCAT JR omfg, brah, shut up
Jim Johnson skull is not what you determine race only but DNA for the most part
That's how whiting out happens
His legacy will go to people who dont look like him.
Dionne Francis he helped make that choice.
Happened to black natives in Australia too thanks to successful government policy.
Ganaway is an Irish surname. Her grandmother, "Colleen" is also an Irish name. ❤
I applaud the "Chicago Tribune" for worthy Personal Interest Journalism.
How evil can you be to erase a man from his children and grandchildren because he is black.
I got the impression he wasn't erased, but his race wasn't talked about. That makes sense for the times. If the grandmother could pass as white, it made an easier life for her.
He was buried.
I had always been called 'high yellow, or dirty red' while i grew up in Harlem, NY, and in Brooklyn,NY. I have always embraced my mixed heritage because, obviously, some where along my heritage, the races mixed. Now, you can go directly to the facts about 'the slave master rapped our ancestors, or to the fact that there was consensual sex among members of different Indian tribes and the African Slaves and the white man. As long as people don't deny their mixed heritage, and stop getting caught up on the 'skin color' , the extended families will thrive and prosper in love, respect, and prosperity, and most of all the JOY of life fulfilled.
G&D Maxwell I
G&D Maxwell Thank you I am also of black/white/Asian/Native American heritage, and I embrace all of them (even without a DNA test).
subsystem101 and people like you are vile creatures who should be cast back into hell. I don't care what color you are. Who are you to judge anyone else?
Indeed, mixed is not the same as being white or black or red/yellos, it´s exactly what the term means: a mix of different lineages and King Ganaway was mixed himself, to start with, something which can be easily seen by his photo. Also, one of my brother´s youth friends looked completely Afro-Brazilian, had very dark skin but had one of his greatfathers as a very white (reddish white by the way, as he would describe his granddad) Portuguese man!
G&D Maxwell no disrespect but you do know black people come in different shades that's what makes us special. Just because you're light doesn't make you mixed. My mother is light with green / grey eyes n she is fully black and proud. Trust and believe white people are not out here claiming blacks because of a 1% ounce of European ancestry.
2:46 😂. Must have wondered all his life how he looked black despite being white🤣🤣
Thank you KING DANIEL. Whats in the dark will come to the light. Praise God 🙌🏼🙏🏼.
They are not alone! Quiet as it's kept.
Yup
I loved that they accept their black side of them even though I'm puerto Rican my dad was very dark and this story touched me
We are all a mix of many peoples and all brothers and sisters under god
William Buck
Exactly
no we are all not. many many people get dna tests and are 100% white european or black african or asian etc.
Wrong, 23andme determines I'm 100% Northwest European.
William Buck I'm 100% WHITE so nah
Since God created humanity through ONE COUPLE when you face him you'll have to acknowledge that truth - we are all ONE RACE, HUMAN. We just have different ETHNICITIES, with hair and skin that adapted to various regions of the world. That's why when the Jews were scattered throughour the world, today DNA PROVES there are Black Jews, Indian Jews, Chinese Jews etc. They are not converts but DIRECT DESCENDANTS and have written history that chronicled their journey from Israel.
Wow!!! Brenda!! My professor at Concordia University! You are a wonderful individual Brenda who inspired me.
Just wow! I am a photographer and his work was amazing. I am so glad his descendants went looking and found him.
beautiful story....wish there was more people as accepting as they are. ☺
great story
BILLY BOBCAT JR lmao if she's a gorilla sweetheart I'm a Panda ❤❤❤😍😍😍
They are just out to make money from his legacy. To me, they are just seeing the dollars sign. Would he be so valid if he was not this famous?
EXACTLY
You and your two idiot followers on here are spiteful, angry, ugly and without any heart or soul. People are finding out more now regarding their ancestry and are interested in the history. Have you morons thought to do the same? Or is it that you know if you researched your lines and had a famous or wealthy family you'd go for the money...of course YOU would. Not everybody feels the same. Some people love genealogy for the sake of tying lines together. Some do it to find truths in families and very clearly, some dunderheads as yourselves would do it merely for profit out of spite. Smdh, you still haven't learned...
That simple.
@@norskawarrior1919 You are the idiots here. We want to know their relationship with black people before this discovery which took so long for them to even know.
@@project-237 are you brain dead? I am the "idiots" here? Well now, I can see I'm dealing with a true genius now...smdh Wtf does that family have to prove to anyone? NOTHING! They found out they have a famous ancestor they knew nothing about before and were curious about it. Their ancestor just so happened to be black, well whoop di doo. I'm quite sure that many more families will find out amazing things in their ancestral lineage and I THINK THAT'S AWESOME! As for people who choose to race bait, well that's simply because they are ignorant and hate filled. Race is and was a man-made concept simply used to divide and conquer. I see that some are still living in that conquered mentality, which BTW NOT every one does. There are people all over the world of every shade and every experience in life is unique and different. Shame that your brain just can't grasp beyond your mediocre ideology on real life...smh...sad really.
A very human and moving story; which probably tends to be the case when we acknowledged and celebrate our shared humanity; instead of what seems to separate us!
God bless them all.
What an amazing story!
Little Miss Caucasian people are a toxic third-string mutation from other Asians. Africans are the first people... Caucasians are not the African primary Gene code group. Caucasian people are not African. Nice try yall. Peace.
Little Miss Its amazing that all the descendants are white and none black. To see that fat black woman so proudly handing over a legacy like that just rings house mammy too. Why didn't they look for his black family members.
@@patkelly5172 that fat Black woman was the wife of Ganaways great grandson.
@@patkelly5172 I was thinking the same thing.... what about his black side of the family.
"that's when I learned about the whole black thing" 😂😂😂🤣🤣
I took that to mean that he learned about how one drop of black blood made a person black, and the different "levels" of mixed race people. It is quite complicated.
@@euniceprobert9060 yeah I wasn't sure what he meant it kind threw me I just found it funny even the way he said it.
@@jermaineedwards8384 did somewhat diffuse things
So he got whited out. And when reparations are issued out, these white people will be the first ones to accept it.
@@blackbird396 they will and they cant be refused! They've done their genealogy and found their ancestral roots to our culture!
The report kept mentioning the family securing his legacy and his intellectual property in other words. I hope that securing the legacy isn't the motivation behind everything. Hopefully everything is genuine as far as wanting to know more about a relative they knew nothing of.
If you payed attention, there is no 'intellectual property', it was all lost long ago. "Securing a legacy" simply means making sure it gets known.
I just wonder how many of Ganaway decendants went home that night and cried...because they were black now.
Yeah how will they face white friends? They will probably get stupid jokes about Black towards them, that's how insidious racism is.
They should rejoice because Jesus was black . Know your history. Pope knows and honors with most of Europe a Black Madonna and black child aka Jesus.
Such an ignorant comment
And Canaway looked well dressed with tie and suite,so we know he was doing very well for that time in chicago! The way someone is dressed ,will let U know he was doing good! GD Bless his soul.
Everybody dressed like that in those days.Even poor people.
But, you're right: he does look good in that neat suit.
Respect your ancestors. You would not exist without them.
Make sound decisions with all of your children in mind.
This is wonderful yet, heartbreaking.
Imagine if all his photos and plates were with us today, the city of Chicago would have them as a historical treasure.
The grandson and great-grandson both look biracial. How could they NOT know they are part black? And really, why are you all saying that these people are ashamed of their black ancestry? The people to blame in all of this are their black ancestors who chose to hide the fact that they were black.
bluedasher74 hey genius. Because may be to them they don't look biracial. YOU think they do
There are many white americans with dark pigmentation from spain, russia, from the caucasus from italy or greece etc.
Pete sampras was also very dark
Do you think all europeans look like germans or brits
And i guess you knew how it was to be black back then? Lol shit do you know how it is NOW?
There is no blame in choosing to make their life easier by "passing". Race was a immoral social construct based roughly on ethnicity. The disadvantages of being LABELLED negro/colored in a racist society are clear.
Beautiful story. Stay in touch with your family people
I just found out that I was adopted and I didn't know I was Afghan or South Asian until I was like a teenager. And I thought I was only half Afghan only to find out that was adopted into a African American family. So I embrace both cultures
my mom was adopted by white parents named mike foster and amy foster and i found out that my famliy came on the may flower and we have african native american and from asia
Hineni John3:16, While many blacks claim native based on family hearsay, many actually DO have native ancestry as a fact. Blacks and natives mixed often over the years, as allies and both oppressed peoples.
Hineni John3:16
Whites do NOT have high cheekbones and black hair. Also, Ancestry tests have been proven Fake and tampered with. This is something i always believed anyway. Esp when blacks know of some native ancestry, then jealous whites will try to deny it and claim it as caucasian. But you can't tell someone who their own ancestors are when they know better.
As for history, there is proof natives got along with black people, mixed with blacks, and were kind to slaves, esp escaped slaves. Only the cherokees were worst, looking for the white's approval. I'm aware that whites tried to play the two groups against each other many times, to prevent them allying together. But most of the time, that division didn't work.
Hineni John3:16 Cherokee Indian does not test because the tribe FORBIDS the donation of the modern Cherokee admixture to any labs.
All matrilineal Native American DNA traces back to source and that source is European and Central Asian.
This is where Native Americans came from: Russia and surrounding areas and Scandinavia then over the land bridge.
My family is documented Native American documented on the Dawes rolls and documented back to the early 1800s in the Census in Georgia as owned property and Cherokee offspring.
Our DNA shows up as White Russian and Finnish, but also, our DNA matches full tribal relatives.
Cherokee were prevented from claiming any racial mixing with blacks by both law and treaty. To this day if over 10% of Native Americans have mixed with other indigenous people, the treaties can be nullified.
Indigenous was code for African people and history records the purpose was to prevent natives and blacks,from joining forces.
Native Americans continue to pay a very high price for denying the rightful heritage of many former slave descendants.
The Cherokee in Georgia and the rest of the south owned slaves. They mated with slaves and in Georgia they documented these people as mixed blood.
But in other places, the mixes happened but were not documented.
The DNA tests of modern Cherokee now would show a strong mix of European DNA. (Which means even if fonated, the mix is now skewed) whites allowed themselves to mix freely with Natives to the point that they racially appropriated Native Americans.
There is a huge price to pay for the imbalance of denying blood. The day Natives embrace their black descendants and defy white laws are the day they will finally heal and prosper as a people and get their Spiritual power back..
A Cree shaman told me that...then a full blooded Hawaiian said the same thing..then an OK Cherokee shaman said the same.
Karma is a bitch that way.
I have cousins who are documented Narive Americans, recognized through early 1800s census and the Dawes. We share the same great grandparents who were both 75% Native and 25% black or other.
Our claim is indisputable. Even the Cherokee Nation does not dispute the claims.
But my DNA shows White Russian, Scandanavian and Central Asian.
Not Native American. I was told it will not show Cherokee because they do not and CANNOT provide admixture sampling due to continual ongoing mixing.
There has to be a certain % of a people still unmixed to retain Native status. The Nation made the choice to not take a chance on revelations that could compromise the last treaties.
@Hineni John3:16 lol. Get over yourselves. I dont know why people revere native Americans so much.please. Maybe if you had mixed with the 'BLACKS' (you all did, sorry) your asses would have survived.
What a beautiful and uplifting story.
great-grandson looks like him
AWESOME.... KUDOS, FAMILY KNOWS NO COLOUR
Wonderful story. Unfortunately, there are probably a lot of ancestors whom have have been dismissed or their names were never mentioned because of families being ashamed. And a lot of people will say Indian, Puerto Rican or whatever , just not to say black or white which in actuality that they are indeed mixed with. Some people were born out of love, some were not, extramarital affairs, rape or were just too young and became parents. Everyone then as well as now were meant to be. Love your heritage. Whatever it is. And be proud of it. Tell your heritage to your children. YOUR REAL HERITAGE. Tell it.... So your real and true heritage and story can be shared for many generations to come.
You are who you are ❤
RIP Mr.Ganaway;You did good!
He was a good photographer. Forget the rest...
Steve B
NEVER FORGOTTEN...GOD BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER FOR A REASON..TO UNITE AND EMBRACE THERE HERITAGE.
I know you new generations keep saying forget the rest but please cheek what happened to black people as slave back then not long time ago! Cheek who dod you think you are serious! No body ask there name but "there owner" i can't imagine how that would affect the generation!
Wow! Blown away by his Beautiful work...I am excited to learn more of Mr. Ganaway....he would have continued to be unknown to the world had it not been for those curious minds and the magic of available geneology technology!!!
Well I guess so... doesn’t everyone like to be associated with successful people??
The headlines should be read, biracial family finds out they are not white.
Biracial means half white half black, which they are not.
They are white people. Most whites in the United States have Black ancestry. I'm black African American and I have white ancestry 5 generations ago, but it doesn't make me White. Everybody is Mix in the United States.
Forget the one pin blood get over that is was invented to avoid the interracial. Grow up please
Exactly
@@gentlesoft2186 EXACTLY!
I am glad they found out about their ancestor.
I wish I knew about mine! They kept me in the dark and it is my bloodline! You know that is evil! How dare they tell strangers and not me! I went to a family reunion almost 20 years ago and those people looked white ! I don’t know anything about that side and that was done on purpose! I am mad enough to burn the whole world!
As I study the famous photographer's face, I think it safe to say he himself was a "mixture" of something.
So sad that his own family tried to hide his existence, sometimes our own family are the worst people that can be in our lives
Second time watching...I love this doc. Tim Fredericks exhibits his grandfathers stature and you could see the ethnic makeup in him as well. Black people know their own if close enough to see the features. Also the slim man with the glasses that spoke of upbrining...you could see some ethnic features as well starting with the hair
They are embracing him because they want the money for his pictures.
😂
I disagree... I say do you.... life is so expensive.... If one of your ancestors (Black or White) was smart enough to live you something of value... than BANK on it. As long as you can prove it.
Mattie love just stop don't be making that type of assumption about them
Mattie love, You bet your sweet ass thats the reason.
Mattie love Shit, don't think black folks don't exploit their relatives/ancestors too. shitttttt. 😂😂😂😂😂
Now many will be trying to find a drop of black blood. These are claiming royalty. Too late!
It's never too late. People haven't been taught.
@@615BlackBarbie They're not Israel because he didn't have any sons.
It’s really not their fault. The truth was hidden from them. Now they want to preserve his legacy and give him credit for his works that he never received. Whats so wrong with that? It would be different if they knew and were just now coming out. The truth was literally intentionally kept from them.
@@Shahmar facts!!
@@toxicpinkfairy they'll be claiming reparations if it ever happens,smh
Thank you for sharing this life story may it bring lots of happiness to all your lives.
He wouldn’t be accepted if he was a janitor 🤷🏾♀️🎤
Off your mic please 🤣🤣🤣
because you read minds and you know everything right - youignorant fooll you are whats wrong with the united states today stop your pompass know it all know what other people are thinking or feel - YOU ARE THE RACIST HERE AND WHATS SAD YOU DONT EVEN KNOW - dont let the mic hit you
I would love to see my Caucasian family!!! My mother said there parents choose to separate from the mixed family . I understand bc of the shame but We Are family!!!! I love you no matter what
I recently found out that I have a white uncle that I'm three generations removed from! :O
Kit Bina This is such a sad story. Is there any way you can trace them?
Frederic Ko and you have no manners or class
Black Pelasgian Nice propaganda. Riddled with sweeping generalisations and fallacious statements. Most normal people will see straight through you.
I got a bunch of white relatives but I don’t really have a desire to meet them, why do you want to meet someone you are so far removed from?
I come from a mixed rsce family that has been racially mixed for generations.
I think we are missing the point here. They are embracing him because he is their ancestor. They are in fact African American. So what! USA is a big melting pot. I hope they are able to collect all they can from their great ancestor. Good luck!! From a true descendent of Duke Ellington.
Don Rider: Effective 1996 into 2017 researchers have come to the truths in which I've known since 1996 my truth ancestors were the original Jews. This is what for 4 plus centuries our real identity that the amass and the nonblack females shared equally in the derogramming of my ancestors and their future generations into 2017. We are in a chaotic destructive situation where we have damped ourselves for doom- ville our tomorrow generations are rotating back to worsen conditions than or parents, grandparents, great grandparenrs, great-great grandparents and generations before them.
Some who are you and where your history begun and minds started in a little town called Greenville South Carolina the heart of the slave controversies. And, I am a free woman. What about you when you in denial and confused in who in the hell you are.
JazzLicka. It was the white man who created the one drop rule and made it a law!
Pamela Dishman Africa is also a big melting pot.
+Trahern Moore Tell'em again!
They are not African American. They are simply white with some African ancestry. They are no more Black than I am white due to my white ancestry from slavery. I hate to be suspicious of them but I am. I seriously doubt that these people would be so keen on claiming him if there were no money involved.
Those photos are precious!!
I love stories like this... his descendants are an attractive family.
Why is that black woman doing all the talking, it is not her ancestor.
LOL
because that is the clip the editor decided to show
Trina Palmier She's cool tho, but why all that pointing? lol ... I always thought pointing at people was so damn rude .... but she's still awesome
She’s the wife of his grandsôn
Because she’s awesome lol
His great grandson looks just like him!
The fact that this is news is evidence that we have a long way to go. Big news! White family accepts their Black ancestor! Look, everyone! His story, legacy should have been the focus of this video.
Wow ! How sad was this story, yet also joyous in the fact that the truth was told.
Beautiful story.
Thanks.
Blessings.
They “embraced” him. Oh how nice of them. They’re embracing him because they want the money from his art collection.
Another racist comment...
The status, as you can see this family is surrounded by influence and rub their shoulders with high society, now they turned this hidden secret to their advantage
@@michellee2990 black people can’t be racist. They can be prejudice but she wasn’t
What money is going to be coming in though? There may not be any without any demand for Ganaway photography
I love this. Being interracial is a beautiful thing. You get to embrace different cultures.
Sadly the only countries being pushed into it are western. Name me one other non western country that is being forced to accept this?
Do you embrace the Palestinians, Iranians or Syrians or are you waiting for them to be conquered?
Love this I wonder how many of us don't know about our African American heritage
What a story! Thank you for sharing this. 🙏🏿
Wow...
What an amazing story.
And, what a brilliant, and talented man.
We are all the same period ask GOD.
7montrell
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Revelation:1:14
And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
Revelation:1:15
He's a so called Black man
And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
Romans:11:26 so how is he for ever body and it tells u in the Bible who are the chosen people are
But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.
Jeremiah:16:15
And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
Deuteronomy:28:68
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; Genesis:15:13
As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Romans:9:13
Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
2 Corinthians:11:22
Marquise Aaron
Romans 2:11 KJV - For there is no respect of persons with God.
Deuteronomy 23:7-8 KJV - Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land. The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
Proverbs 3:31-32 KJV - Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
Galatians 3:28-29 KJV - There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Deuteronomy 1:16-17 KJV - And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
1 Peter 1:17 KJV - And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
James 2:8-9 KJV - If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
Jeremiah 31:27 KJV - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.
Jeremiah 31:29-30 KJV - In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
Luke 10:30-36 YLT - and Jesus having taken up the word, said, 'A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving him half dead. 'And by a coincidence a certain priest was going down in that way, and having seen him, he passed over on the opposite side; and in like manner also, a Levite, having been about the place, having come and seen, passed over on the opposite side. 'But a certain Samaritan, journeying, came along him, and having seen him, he was moved with compassion, and having come near, he bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine, and having lifted him up on his own beast, he brought him to an inn, and was careful of him; and on the morrow, going forth, taking out two denaries, he gave to the innkeeper, and said to him, Be careful of him, and whatever thou mayest spend more, I, in my coming again, will give back to thee. 'Who, then, of these three, seemeth to thee to have become neighbour of him who fell among the robbers?'
Romans 13:10 KJV - Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
James 2:8 KJV - If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
AMEN...GOD IS AWESOME!
Yes God is amazing!! 😂
Apparently God favoured Jews
Beautiful .I love it
I hate it,they will claim reparations if it ever happens then that money will go to everything white which defeats the purpose of even having reparations.U better wake up an stop.being so Christian like.This is what's happening to us right now to where we are wiping ourselves out,breeding ourselves right out of exsistance due to all the race mixing,you will be like this guy was down the line,it's actually sad as fk,nothing beautiful about this story!
I just realized that my great aunt is in this video. Wow I never knew this
Great story! The narrator John Owens could be related to me. My grandfather's name was John Clevand Owens. We have several John Owens in our family!
What about connecting with other family members in Tennessee?
Ive researched my family back to 1829 on many sides. Yes there are caucasians here and there, but I have not and probably will not reach out to them. My experience and growing up in America has caused me to have no interest in reaching out to them. Finding my black relatives for me is everything and a blessing. I know there are white folks in my family tree but I just have no interest in knowing them.
Queen Quenepa I am the problem in America? How ignorant do you sound? I am Americas problem because I love and embrace my people? If you are black you are an embarrassment to our people. If you are white then I expect you to blame and put Americas problems on everyone else. Shame on you for trolling someone for embracing their own. If you think Im Americas problem then you need to educate yourself more. You are way behind.
Queen Quenepa if they want to meet him then THEY can make the effort. It should not always have to rest on the shoulders of black people.
Fair enough, Joshua, but know that you are, to some extent, a self-loathing white man.
Bart Stinson If anything you are a black man. I love my culture and my dark brown skin. There is nothing I want of yours. I dont want your women or your culture. I embraced my own as much as I can.
Too late. It wasn't up to you.
The "Realizing" of the Awakening minds.
This is truly "goodness".
It will be better once the Palestinians and Iranians get treated with dignity.
Hello Beth your smile is priceless
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Thank you.
@@bethbartlett5692 you are welcome .where are you from?
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Chicago