Massachusetts

For years and years I always felt like I must be part African American...yes, despite my light coloring.

Never found even one shred of evidence.

There was a point in my life when my dad told me about finding a black family in CT with our last name and I was horrified to think that my family might have owned slaves at one time.

What I learned was that some with our family name went to live in the south...Louisiana, etc. and others stayed in Canada, then came into NY state and eventually into Mass to work in the mills here. It's those people who are my ancestors.

Anyway, not sure of what my point is here, but it's a mystery to me as to why I would feel like I must be part black...even now when I know I'm not.