AfroRoots genealogy on Clubhouse

Description

This is a collaborative group for those of African Descent, both Diaspora and Continental Africans, worldwide, to talk about genealogy, folklore, stories, and traditions. Oral and written.

Proudly a Continental AFRICAN.
Proudly AFRICAN. Also American.
Proudly AFRICAN. Also Caribbean.
Proudly AFRICAN. Also LatinX.
Etc...

Our ultimate goal, is to help facilitate FAMILY RECONNECTIONS, between AFRICANS and the TAST African Diaspora.

Also check out our other clubs: Rootsalogy; Genealogy CH; Black Genes Club; Genealogy Connect; I do DNA; Black and Native; and Black Narratives clubs, on CH.

Our stance on Black Americans, as it relates to genealogy and culture is:
...Even with various admixtures... Black Americans are still Africans. Black Americans are genetically and Ethno-linguistically classified as West/Central Africans.

These are four peer reviewed population genetic studies explaining the DNA of Black Americans:

The Genetic Ancestry of African Americans, Latinos, and European Americans across the United States

#1) https://www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltext/S0002-9297(14)00476-5

Or studies such as this one:
The Genetic Structure and History of Africans and African Americans

#2) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2947357/

Or this:
Charting the Ancestry of African Americans

#3) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1275617/

Or this
Genetic Consequences of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the Americas

#4) https://www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltext/S0002-9297(20)30200-7#secsectitle0010

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Resources for African American Genealogical Research
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•Familysearch.org

•Ancestry.com

•Newspapers.com

•ChroniclingAmerica.loc.gov

•SlaveVoyages.org

•MyHeritage.com

•Proquest.libguides.com

•https://forebears.io

•Fold3.com

•Google.com

•Cyndislist.com (Caribbean genealogy)

•https://ccharity.com (includes Americo-Liberian records)

•https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Sierra_Leone_Online_Genealogy_Records
•FreeAfricanAmericans.com

•NationalArchives.Gov
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Direct to Consumer DNA testing resources
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•AncestryDNA (Type: Autosomal DNA test)
•23andme (Type: Autosomal DNA Test. Also provides basic Y/MtDNA Haplogroup information)
•FamilyTreeDNA ( Separate Type of test: Autosomal DNA test/ MtDNA test/Y-DNA test)
•MyHeritageDNA (Type: Autosomal DNA test)
•LivingDNA test (Type: Autosomal DNA test)
•AfroRootsDNA (Type: Autosomal DNA test but does not include family matching feature) ⬅️B.O.