For those with Sierra Leonean heritage, tracing their ancestry and learning about their cultural history can be a fascinating and meaningful journey. With its rich and diverse cultural heritage, Sierra Leone has a long and complex history, and exploring this history can provide insight into...
Tracing your ancestry can be an exciting and rewarding journey, and for those with African American heritage, it can also be a challenging and complex undertaking. However, with the right resources and tools, anyone can get started on this fascinating journey and discover more about...
As technology advances, it's becoming easier to preserve and share our family history with future generations. For African Americans, digitizing and preserving family records can be especially important in documenting a heritage that has been challenged by slavery, discrimination, and loss of records. One of the...
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The process of reclaiming your Sierra Leone citizenship through genetic proof requires several steps including proof of your maternal or paternal genetic ancestry as well as a series of background checks and notarized documents. In the docuseries of my trip to Sierra Leone, I included...
Words can not explain how it feels to be returned to your people, returned to your culture, returned to your home, returned to yourself. I returned to the African continent this year, being only, the second time in my life. My trip to Ghana was educational,...
When I tell you I was unprepared for my trip to Ghana, I was so not ready. It was the most amazing, life-changing experience I have ever had. To walk with my feet on the land of my ancestors, to see the ocean shores from...
There is a huge difference between African Ancestry and Ancestry.com. Depending on your goals you may choose one or both. In this post I present an overview of both, to help you decide which is best for you....