a documentary about princes Ancestry will be out soon

https://m.youtube.com/wat...aqHs5D00N8

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Strawberrylova123 said:

a documentary about princes Ancestry will be out soon

https://m.youtube.com/wat...aqHs5D00N8

John 'Solomon' Smith. Son of a Confederate Soldier. John's family were likely slave owners according to census records. He is also the father of one of Prince's older second cousins, George 'Geo' Smith, whose mother, Ida was listed as a housekeeper under her job description in one census record. John had been married three times in his life, had 18 children in total. His 3rd wife, Mary Ellen was the mother to some of Prince's biracial/mulatto cousins

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Freddie Mae Hill. Prince's second cousin, (on his Dad's side). Photo was taken in 1928. Freddie was the first Black resident of Madison, WI to graduate from the University of Wisconsin and went on to teach Home Economics at the Tuskegee Institute during the late 20s. She also had a degree in Science. She's sort of the Katherine Johnson of Prince's family.

Prince's other second cousin. Irene Carmichael-Clark. Photo was taken in 1924. Much of her family lived in Georgia and Alabama in the 19th century and still does today. Irene also played piano years ago, music seems to run in Prince's family!

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Strawberrylova123 said:

I learned about this from Alex Hahn book Possessed

Great thread!!

purplefam99 said:

I find this fascinating!

Are we sure this not another hoax like the Geni one from a few years ago, where someone got photos from an anomymous white family's site and said they were Prince's great great grandfather.

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Also the two videos are dated Aug 31 2016 and Sep 10 2016 and merely show pictures of scenery interspersed with footage from Roots the new series and Purple Rain, I smell Shenanigans.

Freed Cherokee slave?

BLACK/Cherokee

Adorecream said:

Nope not a hoax, jill jones supports this page she retweets everything, this is also a very active fb page so it still on the works

muleFunk said:

There were native American slaves. And alot of them married Irishmen

This Thread is great!

ThatWhiteDude said:

Thank you! I love geneology.

Strawberrylova123 said:

Me too! I'd love to know where my family comes from. But finding out is too expensiv :/

ThatWhiteDude said:

Strawberrylova123 said:

Thank you! I love geneology.

Me too! I'd love to know where my family comes from. But finding out is too expensiv :/

You can do some basic research on the Internet - that way, I learnt I have African roots (and not just as in "we all come from Africa", my ancestors were Sephardic Jews who intermarried along their way) and that I am also related to my former classmate from high school But this only reveals your "legal" roots, so it doesn't tell you your biological roots (because sometimes a father was unknown). However, genetic testing is a bit controversial and I decided not to go for it after I talked to a couple of people who did genetics at unviersity. Not that it's necessarily false, but it doesn't give you complete info.

FullLipsDotNose said:

Thanks for the tip

Franklin Clark(left) and Irene Carmichael(right). Their family lived mostly in Anniston,AL within close proximity of the Alabama Nelsons, possibly one oldest and longest running lineage of Prince's family next to the Louisiana Nelsons.

Lucillle Shaw, Prince's maternal grandmother with her two daughters, Mattie and Edna Shaw

Strawberrylova123 said:

Prince: An Unsung History

44 mins ·

For whoever asked if any Native American ancestry exists in Prince's lineage, the answer is yes! Cherokee and Blackfoot blood in particular. One of his ancestors was the son of a slave master and freed Cherokee slave. However, his brothers disowned him when he married a Black woman. This would've likely left him out of receiving an inheritance from his parents.

Also, during the age of slavery it was not uncommon for Blacks and Native Americans to intermarry, the same also applied to Native Americans that married Scottish

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The Marriages between Native americans and scottish people

Strawberrylova123 said:

Lucillle Shaw, Prince's maternal grandmother with her two daughters, Mattie and Edna Shaw

Tyka looks just like her.

TrivialPursuit said:

Yep

Strawberrylova123 said:

TrivialPursuit said:

Tyka looks just like her.

Yep

Wanted to say exactly the same thing

Strawberrylova123 said:

There were also native Americans who had slaves, black, white, Mexican or other native American tribes.

NorthC said:

Yep! On my paternal side my ancestors were owned by the choctaw tribe

Strawberrylova123 said:

My granda is choctaw

Strawberrylova123 said:

The five civilized tribes owned slaves

Choctaw
Cherokee
Seminole
Cree
Chickasaw

I just love those names... Choctaw... Cherokee... Kickapoo... Arapaho... Cheyenne...

NorthC said:

Micmac..Lakota..😌😌☺