Honestly, I was beginning to lose just a BIT of faith in the DNA tests.
But the more I read, the more I am amazed.
I am a descendant of the Dumas family, and when I searched the name I discovered many of them were directly from Saint Domingue (which is now the
Dominican Republic.)
QuoteCommon names of Free People of Color:
Many came from St. Domingue in the West Indies:
Aleman, Allegre, Amothe/Lamothe, Bachemin, Bagneris, Baillie/Billie, Bajoliere, Baudin, Beaulieau, Beaumond(t), Beaureparie, Bedeau, Bellaire, Bellevue, Beltremieux, Benoit, Bernoudy, Berque, Bertonneau, Bic/Blique, Boise, Bon/Bonne, Bondaille, Boni, Bonseigneur, Boutine, Boutte, Boyer, Cabaret, Cambray, canelle, Caraby, Caresse, Cavalier, Cazenave, Chaigneau,
Chretien, Colvis/Clovis, Cornier, Courcelle, Cournand, Couvertier, Croque/Crocker, Cupidon, Dalcour, Dapremont, Daquin, Darcantel, Decourmant, Decuir, Dede/Dedaio, Dege, Dejan, Delatte, Delille, Deruisseau, Desdunes, Deslisle, Deslonde, Destrehan, Dreaux, Drouillard, Dubreauil, Dubuclet, Dumas[/b], Dumois, Duplanchier, Dupuy, Dusuau, Duval, Duvernay, Esteves, Faucheaux, Faure/Favre, Ferrand, Ferrer, Florian, Fondall
Source:
http://www.frenchcreoles.com/CreoleCulture/common%20names/commonnames.htm These are the grandparent results I got from GEDMatch.
It guesses the roots of all 4 of your grandparents.
Quoteafrican-american + brong + dominican + fang
My grandmother's roots are basically in what is now the Dominican Republic.
However, Melungeons have their own identity in the states, and do not call themselves "Dominican" but their heritage is pretty much the same. That unique mix of ethnicities (African + Spanish/Portuguese + French + Native ) is what the test picked up and labeled it "Dominican".
I'm a firm believer and stan for DNA testing again.
We are so LUCKY to have this stuff available.
