Do all Creoles share this sad story?

[@nytn]

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[@GhettoDetective]

Listen if your family are from the southern part of Italy then its safe to say that your family probably have some Arab/Moorish ancestry. They ruled Italy for like 300 years or something like that. Haven't you seen the movie True Romance (1993) yet ?🙂

[@Galidorquest]

@@GhettoDetective I can definitely see Middle Eastern influence. She kinda looks like Sarah Silverman.

[@GhettoDetective]

@@Galidorquest Silverman is European.🙂

[@Galidorquest]

@@GhettoDetective A European weJ. Most sweJ are of European descent.

[@Galidorquest]

@@GhettoDetective A European weJ.

[@megb9700]

I’m sooo glad Alex digitized the photos AND, put names to them!

[@zhaystyle]

Whoa, Danielle! This was such a good interview. Such quality guests. This is helping me understand why the older generations in my family didn’t talk a lot about these things. I was a curious child, that liked to ask questions. I came out medium or dark, but my family is the complete spectrum of the rainbow. (We are French, Spanish, Portuguese, obviously African, Asian & maybe even native descent based on the “spoon shaped teeth” video 🦷 😅) The separation with some of them makes much more sense now in light of their reaction or conformity to the laws of the times. BTW, I like the new format of the video series. The couch makes it feel welcoming and familial. (I was fine with the old as well. I care most that the content is King in my book) I’m looking forward to the rest of their segments. It really helps to hear the variety of perspectives from the people themselves. Keep up the good work!

[@nytn]

Thank you for this! The family of many colors is something that has been healing for me to connect with. Its a community experience, and it speaks to the diversity. Im proud of it. And thank you, I liked sitting on a couch for once haha

[@ExploringUmbria]

Hi cousins! Once again an amazingly relevant and helpful video. I wanted to add to the discussion my personal testimony because of my experience with the "what am I" question growing up. First, let me say thay my father whose parents were born in Shreveport, never really talked about what his family's ethnic identity was. I never knew the origins of our surname, as far as we knew, it was a slave name like, a "Toby" name or "Chicken George" name. So to sit here and watch your video is mind blowing to me that we are so connected, I still don't grasp it entirely. So my mother whose family, 100% European North Italians from near Trento, she would tell me what we kids were, and I could fire that off like a nursery rhyme, German-Austrian, Polish, Italian and African-American from my dad. Later on she would sprinkle in Attakapas, but my grandparents were deceased, and that the Attakapas grandmother who I have yet to identify was 100% and had long silky black hair. Little did I know how much of a clue that would be today. So I can totally grasp how Alex would look at the picture a be like bewildered and motivated to learn more. In any case, I recently found Gregory J. De Cuir's Guillory-Decuir family genealogy blog and when I search my Ancestry matches for Decuir, I get a few, including an Ordoyne [sic.]. Also, I note that Chevis was present a witness in the Catholic records for Gregoire Guillory. Obviously I found my Louisiana Creole family so I thank you for all of your research and I look forward to adding you all in my tree somewhere. Nanacat mentioned broken trees and it reminded me of a web search I was doing yesterday where I found a page that would make a great prologue for a book on this topic. Thanks again! Arturo --‐-------------- [LINK] spiritualable.com/tree-struck-by-lightning-spiritual-meaning/

[@nytn]

I have to just tell you really fast, I was sitting down to do a video TODAY about a broken family tree. Your message gave me goosebumps.

[@cherylowens5188]

@@ExploringUmbria Hi, The surnames Decuir and Guillory are pretty common creole surnames in the 7th ward of New Orleans.

[@sunspots6077]

My understanding is that in different times and places.... Creole has meant different things.. Louisiana can get complicated

[@nytn]

oh yes

[@Johnny_mann]

Yes

[@thecvntycreole]

In Louisiana, it’s not that complicated. People are just uneducated because there is so much misinformation about us, and there are so many people who claim to be Louisiana Creole but are not. I am a mixed Creole. We are Native American, French, and/or Spanish/ Portuguese , and West /Central African The French and Spanish referred to themselves as Creole if they were born in Louisiana. And since they mated with Native American women, those mixed children also were Creoles. Then after the arrival of enslaved Africans, the French referred to their offspring as Creoles as well to distinguish them from enslaved Africans in Anglo America. And then the French and Spanish also mixed with African women during Placage, and their children were Creoles too. And then we have Cajuns who are an are also Creoles, because they got here from Acadia in 1765, I think. I think a lot of the confusion also comes from the fact that there are plenty of other Creole nations in the world whose identity is mostly centered in culture and language. But for Louisiana, the Creole identity is not just cultural, it’s actually a genetic identity. We are all mostly mixed with the same stuff because our bloodline was both indigenous to and founded New Orleans. So, in Louisiana, only those of us who have lineage here before 1803 are Louisiana Creoles. No one else.

[@kantakouzini]

​@@thecvntycreole exactly, thank you!!

[@shewhomustbobeyed1]

He definitely resembles his grandfather around the eyes.. interesting story. I love my Louisiana connections via my family. We’re not creole but nevertheless have strong connections.. Lake Charles and Monroe. Believe me.. I feel the connection although I’ve never been there but I sure do feel the connection. Btw.. we cook like folks from Louisiana too. All family passed down.. YUMMY! Alex is really good with the genealogy stuff.. tons of family he found. Way to go dude. I could take a lesson. Your new set is fabulous darling❤

[@lavishleigh1171]

I so love hearing about the Creole/Cajun history ❤keep it up Danielle!!

[@Me2Lancer]

As always, I enjoyed your post. It is shameful that KZbin is flagging your videos.

[@aaronwright6058]

Great presentation! Historical re-writing ( To hide the atrocities) is still common today. I don’t worry about it; I just study so that I know. Thank you for this.

[@Chitimacha1025]

Great video! It's always so interesting to hear about Louisiana families outside of New Orleans. New Orleans is the place where people who wanted to pass left. So, those who remained are these phenotypically diverse Black families, and we tend to not question our ancestry, or even why we look the way we do. Some have stories about people who left to pass. While I don't have those stories, I did live outside of New Orleans and encountered someone with my family surname (that's not common at all), who mentioned her father was from New Orleans, and then totally shunned me when I countered with my whole family being from there for generations. I realized through meeting me she was confronted with the fact her family was passing, and it made her very uncomfortable.😔

[@nytn]

This makes so much sense, I never considered it that way. I’m actually blown away by it.

[@dagnolia6004]

many families in Louisiana would find their "whitest looking" relative and put their property in that person's name after the "Americans" came in after the Louisiana Purchase

[@Chitimacha1025]

@@dagnolia6004 Also, many Black families in New Orleans would/do send their "whitest looking" relative/friend to negotiate the cheapest price for event spaces (and other things), and surprise when everybody starts showing up for the festivities; couldn’t miss the deer-caught-in-the-headlights expression from the white venue owners once they realized to whom they’d rented the space🤣🤣🤣

[@dagnolia6004]

@@Chitimacha1025 omg! my fam should have done that!

[@stephanienwadieiiamhybasia]

I like your stories. It’s interesting how we have similarities and secrets in our families. I am Creole on my Mother’s side. Opelousas, Louisiana is where we have family reunions. I like the more relaxed style. Hopefully it will help you feel more comfortable. Glad to see you are still here. Keep exploring about your family story. Peace and blessings.😊

[@nytn]

Love to see you Ms Stephanie ❤️☺️

[@stephanienwadieiiamhybasia]

@@nytn Glad to be here.😊

[@elisageorge2261]

I heard Opelousss is one of the most racist parts of Louisiana towards black people! 😯

[@elainepeterson1269]

Danielle, I love the way this video turned out. Your special guests were wonderful. You all are beautiful people with an amazing histories❤

[@nytn]

Thank you so much!

[@richardwilliamswilliams]

Good morning neighbor lady, learn something new from every video you put out!!😊😊😊

[@nytn]

Good morning!

[@haasmanning]

Wow... this is so crazy. I just found out I have Melungeon roots, Lumbee roots and roots that in The Turks of Sumter. All of this is so amazing. I am on a quest to tie all of my heritage together. Never judge a book by it's cover.

[@bayyinahzhaxx7620]

Does Romani show up in your dna results?

[@selinaBARMAR2565]

I learned somethings about Creole history and the struggles. Thanks for doing this. You have so much history on all sides it seems. It's like pulling off the layers of history and identity all at once. I personally can't say I have Creole heritage. I seem to have a straight African line (with some Native American mixing) and a straight European line that goes back generations to Ireland/Scandinavian. My Latin American history is the generational mixing of peoples of African, Spanish/Italian and Indigenous. I'm glad that you are opening up more Creole stories it seems like a blend of laughter, great food, celebration, and tears and to add to that the seperation of families, that's really hard.

[@lindasmith9834]

Did you know there was a huge migration of Irish people to New Orleans that came during the famine in Ireland, some as indentured servants. They worked on roads and sewer systems, others migrated to central Louisiana, Baton Rouge and surrounding areas. My Maternal Great grandfather and great-great grandfather were of Irish descent and lived in and around that area.

[@selinaBARMAR2565]

@@lindasmith9834 Thanks for sharing those insights. Yes, of course I know that Irish migration due to the famine in Ireland was throughout the United States. But not my direct family, my grandparents and futher back settled in New York, upstate New York and later Queens New York. Who knows I could have Irish distant cousins in New Orleans who are Creole, but that wouldn't make me Creole because I didn't grow up with the Creole Culture being passed down to me. I'm culturally by the way very much a cosmopolitian girl who has spent a great deal of my life moving about in NYC and largely Manhattan. I grew up hearing about "Hells Kitchen," Arroz Con Pollo, and great Sicilian pizza, and amazing Jamaican Patties; we are the sum of our experiences. What I'm picking up from my observation is Creole isn't just the genetics but also an experience like any other cultural experience.

[@joesinegal8167]

Hello Creole Family! This Was A Beautiful Interview Regarding A Topic As A Louisiana Creole That Resides In Northern California. Listening To Each Of These Guests Stories Really Hits Home For Me. I'm Creole On Both My Mother's And Fathers Sides. It Amazes Me How These Stories Sound Exactly As Our Families Histories And Stories. I'm Amazed How A Group Of People From The Same Region Of This Country Share Such A Similar Story. Thank You For The Wonderful Interview And Guests. Hearing That Lovely Creole Accent From Our Sister Interviewed Reminds Me So Much Of My Family Members Still Living In Louisiana And So Many Of My Loving Family Members Who've Departed Us! Remember This Creole Family, Our Creole Language Is Dying And Somehow We Have To Revive One Of The Most Important Aspects Of Our Culture That I Feel Is Just As Important As Creole People As The Blood That Runs In Our Veins! God Bless You All And I Pray That All Is Well With You And Your Families! Love From Your California/Louisiana Creole Brother! 🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏

[@vernam.2474]

🌾I really felt many emotions while watching this interview. Some of the simular reaction to new information identifying the origin, culture , race, language was so surprising left me speechless,and, I cried. What I thought my ancestors orgin was Franch, then Rome was actually Spanish, was incredible amazed, but not total surprising. I have been approch many of times as being Mexican, Spanish. I would just think it was my indigenous, Mohican bloodline from my grandfather. I barce my whole being, and I'm greatfull for my life, and each one of my family members. It was my sincere pleasure, to meet with each one of you, and hear your ancestors stories, It was quite a journey connect with you. Thank you NYTN ❤ 🌾The hurt and pain of not being worth the dignity by nature to thrive is disturbing and barbaric . Raise above and flourish 🌾

[@ndr226]

A lot of people are ignorant of basic history. Go ahead and tell people how people of europe, for example germans, hungarians, slovaks did not one day sprout from the groud and proclaimed "suprise! We are natives". Our genetic make up tell the story of violence, wars, conquest, diseases, abuses and compromises. This channel is takling singlehandedly very complex topic. Good job!

[@luedog8385]

@@ndr226 yes, America in its attempt to remain a white nations has tried to erase or homogenize All European cultures into one term White. From Mediterranean to the British Isles. many many diverse cultures in Europe

[@OldFunkyBastard]

That's the thing, I've been on this channel well over a year, and ppl on here really talk around the things you powerfully listen, ppl always want to take that easy humanitarian route of rhetoric "embrace and own your family being produced by fuckery ". "Oh you survived" etc. Instead of examining what to do to END these practices that keep allowing this colonial madness to function into the generations of today. We all bleed red but not all are biologically compatible to even reproduce even within ones own group. .. let that sit in. Go get a transfusion from your beloved pet based on that faulty premise of "we all bleed red"

[@1ajene]

Been waiting for this collaboration

[@nytn]

Me too!

[@JaneAtwellRobinson1825NY]

You saying family that "passed" = family that passed away in some sense to the rest of the family... so terribly sad. But I can see why those who *could* do it, *did* do it. I'm glad this next generation has a lot more hope and acceptance :) PS I love your merch, am wearing your super-soft sweatshirt.

[@j-eazytv568]

Shout out to all the creole people across the world. I'm related to yall through the Donatos and Guillorys. Keep going family love yall

[@jamesscott8988]

So , so interesting . Love your videos. A Louisiana boy with Scottish heritage, a true red neck. But we love our Louisiana brothers and sisters regardless of heritage. Thanks for what you’re doing. This is what we need as a nation to come to realize we are all brothers and sisters. Bless you.

[@kaleahcollins4567]

Actually, the term red neck was given to West Virginia coal miners who were of Irish ,Mexican, Black indigenous, and Italian backgrounds who wore red bandanas around their necks to show they were forming the coal miner union

[@PrinceBenJudah]

Alex is my Cousin. So cool you have him on here.

[@elpatron8696]

What side? He is my cousin too

[@HotaruGlaive]

I think disavowal of one's "less desirable" heritage is still alive in some parts of Louisiana, particularly northern Louisiana. I have a cousin in North Louisiana that only does ancestry work on our mutual grandfather's side of the family. They will not look into his wife's (our biological grandmother) at all. It was well known in the family that she was part native.

[@nytn]

I have seen this, especially with my grandparents' generation

[@davidirwin1549]

What's really amazing is when one does a DNA test on say Ancestry and you see your DNA matches of people of different color and yet the same set of ancestors on both of your common family lines.

[@agent9973]

I had a great uncle who passed as white to stay in hotels when traveling...he said he encountered a man at the reception desk who knew he was NOT white..he tipped him really good and sleep good as well.

[@you-in-yourfeelings7166]

I love you 3 as well, I hope to see you all again, enjoyed the chemistry, and just being able to bounce off your ideas.

[@nytn]

Us too!

[@PrincesSarah70]

Another great interview Danielle. I thoroughly enjoyed this and thank you to your guests💜🌹👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@conwittyconway6134]

I have pictures of the kids in my family in front of that same Plaisance LA sign from 74 and again from 81.

[@jimcrawford3221]

Such great stories! I just went to Google Maps to find were Plaisance is. I live north of Lake Charles. Wow! We took a wrong turn leaving an away high school football game in Port Barre last Friday night and almost ended up in Plaisance. Who'da thunk it? Oral histories are so important. My daughter-in-law worked with the Coushatta Tribe to help document some of their story. You mentioned the early 1900s. As troops returned from WWI to find their jobs had been taken my "minorities" (at a much lower wage) race riots broke out all over the country but especially in the south. Other factors also contributed to the Red Summer.

[@nytn]

I love the connection!

[@kitty_s23456]

Hi Danielle, thanks for the vid. Great discussion! I hope you have them again as guests. Btw, I saw that one of your vids was reacted to by geneavlogger. He also reacted to a vid of creole lady marmalade. In the comments, lady marmalade said that you & she would be collaborating. Have you had her as a guest? It would be interesting to hear her thoughts. She also did a vid wherein she compared the DNA results of 4 generations of women in their family - that was very interesting too. Keep on keeping on. I've been with you since less than 5k subs! 👍😊

[@PrinceBenJudah]

Omg this is crazy, he’s ur cousin. I knew we were related when I 1st posted it months ago. Alex is my 3rd cousin. I’m a Simeon Guillory Donato LeMelle Auzenne Provost LeBlanc (Blanco). You might remember my comment from long ago, you replied back.

[@kevingillard5474]

Prevost or Provost?

[@nytn]

We wanna do a video showing how we are kin, but I’m a lemelle! Lola’s grandmother was a Lemelle, she was named after her. I know I have Guillory ancestors too but I am not familiar enough with that side yet.

[@PrinceBenJudah]

@@kevingillard5474 in America I have seen the provost but as far as I can tell, I have not been able to find a relation between between the families. My family comes from the French Provost family. The Prevost come from the UK. However, I’m sure there is a connection. I just haven’t found it. My family speak french and ladino also. My grandpas accent was so thick I legit needed a family translator when he spoke to me😂 My dads side is mixed Creole and Irish (Jacobites) most of the family comes from Montserrat, St. Kitts, Cuba, and Florida and Baton Rouge. Mom’s side Creole (French /Spanish) Also those are just a few of my direct surname relations. The one thing I love the most about being creole is it takes less than 20 minutes of speaking to another creole to realize that we are cousins .

[@PrinceBenJudah]

@@nytn I’ve been exploring the Guillory side a lot more. It’s a beautiful and confusing at times so many people throughout the region of Louisiana and even just in the parish. I have a great x3 grandpa name Laham, and I tell you, it took me three months of searching birth records to figure out who his mother was. The state has like 12 ppl with his name 4 born same year 😂 When I first found your channel, I looked into your face and I was like this lady is definitely a part of my family. We have so many cousins who look just like you in California I’m California born and raised our family left in the 60s. Well at least my grandmother did. The rest of our family is still down there and scattered around the globe, and we have a nice group of family here in Asia where I currently am in Japan, Thailand, and in Singapore some of the family has been out here since 1924 and we have a branch of family in Nice, France. I was blessed to live there with my family for three years. I finally learned how to speak French😂

[@PrinceBenJudah]

@@nytn i’m so so happy you to connected. Alex is an amazing spirit and makes me rush to my Facebook every morning. I’m so happy I saw his post about you and immediately went to follow your page. Didn’t know that you were on Facebook also. Please keep doing what you’re doing. Please keep educating the younger generation and all of us cos of diaspora. Your videos are very important and bring a sense of pride to me every day and to know that you’re actually my blood makes me smile more. Sending you love cousin. Ain’t no attention to the haters in the comments please keep posting please keep informing. Please keep educating.❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@Jgordo12GSO]

"Passing" that was a powerful observation and reflection.

[@gazoontight]

Yet another great video. Keep up the great work.

[@bonniegropper]

Good job,love these guests.How sad that people had to deny their own family.

[@Relias]

is it possible you can upload the whole zoom conversation? Very interesting conversations . Blessings

[@patriciamcneilly9748]

Danielle i loved your video about people from Finland in the USA. I Have lots of relatives in the UP.....almost like a mini Scandinavia. But old family photos show some of their friends, handsome young men with my very blonde great aunts. I believe the young men wete native Americans from northern Michigan in their town those young men appeared just like photos of Melungeon men that you've showed in your videos. Its amazing how, despite the ancestry not showing it, yet the appearances do show up. Thanks for your videos ❤

[@gypsy1588]

Great discussion.

[@ReshonBryant]

Welp, guess I'm going to KZbin jail any day now🌝🍿

[@jamellfoster6029]

This is my entire maternal side of the family. Pale skin, blue, green, hazel, & gray eyes, slender, pointed noses, red, blonde, or light brown hair.

[@teescoffee5689]

This is so beautiful! ❤

[@leileilu4622]

This is so intriguing! I’m Creole as well (both sides of my family are from Louisiana, but my mom’s side is from South Louisiana while my dad’s side is from North Louisiana above Shreveport). I’ve known about my heritage my whole life, but since I’m older now I’ve been trying to track my ancestry and find documentation as far back as I can go. I admire Alex for how well he’s able to find so many pictures and documents, because for me personally, I’ve hit a number of road blocks and can’t go back past a certain time for certain ancestors. It’s so frustrating lol!

[@ashtonbird468]

When I visiited my father's boyhood home, I asked the same question, seeing a picture of his grandfather on the mantelpiece.

[@DreaChelle]

I like the new setup!

[@FedUpSista]

Thanks again❣️

[@davidahamilton8195]

Your hair is getting prettier every episode.

[@abeezysportsxentertainment]

Facts! I don't let nobody tell me that I'm black. When I know who my people are.

[@NaturalMystic1031]

Thanks!

[@nytn]

Thank you!

[@rosannametoyer4978]

So awesome. Some of my family says that they are French.

[@eaj2900]

Thank you for this video it has inspired to finally write my book thank you 🙏

[@nytn]

Wonderful! Im so happy to hear it, keep me posted

[@THECABSOURHERE]

Got my boy Alex on here 🔥🔥

[@tellitellis4117]

My family is from Monroe Louisiana, and you mention the number of lynchings there. I never knew, no one ever mentioned that! Family has spoken of one of my relatives being the last Black man lynched in Monroe. Wow!

[@miaperezarroyo1939]

I’m so grateful to be related to each one of you. I was born in California because my grandparents passed here.

[@nytn]

Prima! We feel the same way. ❤️❤️🥲

[@bayyinahzhaxx7620]

It's just American history. No denial. I love the green couch ❤ It's one of my favorite colors. To me it represents life.

[@reportedstolen3603]

Hey Danielle, have you heard of the channel “Genealogy Adventures Live”? I think would be a great platform for you to connect with and maybe discuss your story. They often discuss that Creole, Melungeon, down south, dynamic in America. I think mestizo heritage is something not talked about much and would be appreciated by them and others. Besides that, they have a lot of good resources u can use for genealogy work. ✌🏾

[@reportedstolen3603]

Side note: they just did a recent live which I think you would love watching. (*warning* might be a tear jerker) … powerful stuff

[@MarkettaWalker]

It's so good to see so many like minded people on this quest to find there roots.

[@perryvalton4245]

Ain’t we all of mixed ancestry or mixed heritage that is the history of humanity, people tend to make a big deal out of their lineage as if that separates from other people.

[@Percept2024]

Perry , your comment reminded me of something. When I was living in eastern Pa. a guy on a local talk-radio station would brag that he was " all ITALIAN ". Then he got a DNA test. He would not get specific with the results. BUT , he did say " Man was I wrong , I AM NOT all ITALIAN !! "

[@nashfordtx]

I think if we all did a DNA test we would be surprised! We're all biracial!

[@kantakouzini]

almost the same story with our family, no one looks alike unless theyre parents shared a phenotype, we get asked all kinds of questions about whos who and where from lol

[@PrinceBenJudah]

I loved this video!

[@lovingit1538]

Love your videos. Thank you

[@nytn]

You are so welcome! thankful for you here

[@tammyguisingerderson5874]

I’m learning so much watching these videos, I never got to meet my dad, so ancestry is a big thing with me,, My dad is Italian and was from Louisiana around the same area, He left for he military at 18-19 yrs old and then went to Texas and never came back, my mom never stayed in contact with him, after seeing him couple months she learned that she was pregnant, but also right after she found out in Texas he was married and had kids,, so my Mom didn’t want to hurt his family, so she left him alone,

[@wilbursmith8615]

Danielle, it’s funny & exciting hearing you & your cousin seeking out the truths about our heritage. I’m from California but my great-grand parents were both from Mixed Heritages of French & Irish. Yet my siblings and most people of color don’t care. Sad but true, ignorant people consider us mutts. When actually it’s a step up in terms of our intelligence.

[@my4hvids]

This is really interesting. I do have a request since some people have very strong accents - please type in real captions. The auto generated captions are horrible. I know it's a long video, but it would make it much better. Thank you

[@AgingStudent]

You look so much like the women on my mom's side....it's like spending cousin time whike we explore our family history together❤❤

[@nytn]

Love that!

[@batya7]

Wonderful interviews. Although I'm from a totally different ethnicity, their stories of legal status and family division ring bells for me. Yes! Digitize those photos or get copies! My grandmother had the family's repository of photos... but she didn't write names on their backs!

[@rebeccamd7903]

You guys all need to compare your DNA on Gedmatch. You will find you’re related to the Métis of Canada and the Melungeon of the Appalachia’s. It’s usually about 5-7 generations removed, but it helps answer where some of these Louisiana roots came from.

[@dplj4428]

4:47 he reminds me of Usher’s face

[@timeforchange3786]

My 3rd great grandparents named one of their kids Louisiana and one Lafayette. I haven't done the research as to why. I always wondered if it was due to the purchase or was it because we had connections there. I do have French DNA.

[@culturalobserver8721]

When I first looked at the older photo of his grandfather, I thought the young man in the picture was from India! His grandfather looks a lot like a young man I knew who was originally from India. 🤷‍♀️

[@azborderlands]

Except the second photo where grandpa is older, he actually looks black.

[@culturalobserver8721]

@@azborderlands Yes you’re right, now that I remember how his grandfather looked as an elderly man in a photograph, the grandfather’s features did look Black, but not biracial. I believe that old photo of the young man may have been of his GREAT grandfather! Even the clothes the young man is wearing in the old photograph look from about 1880’s to 1890’s. I’m guessing, but I would think his actual grandfather was born at approximately the 1920’s, or late 19-teens at the earliest. But that’s just a guess. Good eye, azborderlands!

[@Rebecca-le9hn]

For more info on the presence of men from India, there is a book "Bengal in Harlem", about Indian traders who came to America and settled in the African American communities because of their skin color. They also settled in Louisiana.

[@barrypayton2832]

Waiting on Part II. These stories of our Creole Heritage must be told. First of all, we don't have an accent. Da res da dem gots accents. Dey tal funny yeah. Warda is the right way to say it. Afro Creoles have a unique history down here in Bayou Country. Green is a real good color because it's calming. Great show as usual.

[@nytn]

I agree, we are hoping to make it a mini series

[@Cedricbennettjr]

I wish I could show you a picture of my great grandfather.

[@nytn]

are you in alex's FB group?

[@AbrahamIsaacMucius-d7z]

Danielle, you should do a video on the Healy Family of Georgia.

[@dannyharvey9334]

It amazes me how people seem to make creole a race or a nationality or creed in a sense. It’s not a language as people say oh he speaking Creole is actually slang talk of French and English.

[@heidichalfant5643]

I love American history. It’s the people. What they ate, who they loved, what languages they spoke. It’s what songs they sung, flowers they grew and stories they shared. We are all Americans. This is our history.

[@floraldays5642]

You're hair is beautiful!

[@thecvntycreole]

Louisiana Creole here! For mixed Creoles, our lineage is Native American, French, Spanish, a little Portuguese and West/Central African. I am not a black persona and I do not identify as a black person. I’ve only experienced discrimination online among younger people who don’t know Louisiana History. Mais je suis Créole Louisianais et très fier! ⚜️❤

[@sallyintucson]

I just read an article in the L.A. Times (via the internet) that JD Vance’s (Vance is his grandmother’s maiden name) ancestors were mulegeon, according to a distant cousin who also uses that name. Thought you would find that interesting.

[@nytn]

I have been reading into this! I was thinking about doing a video but I hattteee getting political LOL

[@sallyintucson]

@@nytn I understand.

[@sallyintucson]

I doubt he knows what that word means anyway.

[@rroadmap]

​@@sallyintucsonHe spent summers in Appalachia, so I'm betting he does know. He's married to a woman of Indian ancestry, so I don't thing he has a problem with mixing the "races". Hmm, if he's mulungeon, he might have as much African ancestry as Kamala. 😉

[@sallyintucson]

@@rroadmap Can you imagine 🍊 finding out? The horror!

[@KarmaJones-k9v]

The man that that's talking in the video is mentioning people in my best friend familt... that's crazy that I'm looking at a pic of my bestfriends grandmother's father....And mrs. Lafleur looks like him

[@elpatron8696]

I see u linked with Alex 👍🏾 he is my cousin, saw him online then saw he was on my 23andMe. Lol

[@alexgenealogyy]

Sup cuzzo! Just texted you fam

[@dplj4428]

Louisiana, the Louisiana purchase, spain, france, haiti, canadian, cajun, etc.

[@Raymond_Petit]

I just discovered my French ancestors who lived in the Arkansas settlement in the 1700's. I knew we were Basque, but the French came as a surprise since i have no French DNA, according to Ancestry and the other tests I've taken. Most of my DNA is from Africa with a little Native from Central America.

[@yolandawheelington5284]

Listening to this, I hear about all of the ancestors that were not Black/African American. I always thought Creoles had some. Am I wrong? If so, who are they and what was their story? It feels like the Creole conversation is a crystallization of the issues of colorism.

[@nolabrooks9906]

How I felt when I seen a photo on my grandma’s dresser of these two young white kids and she “boy that’s Charles & Robert” who were my uncles I seen everyday. Robert skin tone was dark brown like me and Charles was a lighter brown, but that photo to me was two white kids. Later, later in life the stories came out. On both sides of my family were white grandfathers. My paternal grandfather’s grandpa was a white man and my maternal father’s dad was a white man. Mix that with American Indian & African ancestry. History is beautiful and sad at the same time, but necessary

[@qianagreen8339]

O yeah when i found out my ancestry i found i still have family in London England and yes they are white and we've been in contact with each for 2 years im going to London to see this side for Christmas this year...i also found out that we are related to Charlemagne King of the Franks....i have family that is cotton white to really really dark...my grandparents on my dad side had 9 kids ..my dad and two of his sisters came out damn near my grandfather's skin tone ..4 came out my skin tone and 3 had my Granny Matilda's skin tone ...

[@cherylowens5188]

I am a black woman born and reared in New Orleans, LA. Alex, your family has resemblance of my family we are a melting pot. Danielle, you are beautiful like so many of my aunts and cousins. My goddaughter gets ask the question all the time what is her race.

[@bluetinsel7099]

French is a culture and ethnicity and there are black French people. Black, Mixed, White are part of species just as American, European, African, Asian are also species so there are Black-Europeans and its a culture and species when going over taxonomy.

[@PeaceN372]

@@bluetinsel7099 there's no legal standing in black. When you say Chinese, you think of China? When you say German you think of Germany? When you say black, what land mass do you think of and don't say Africa?

[@bluetinsel7099]

@@PeaceN372 The is legal standing in black if speaking on status. You are speaking of nationalities and ethnicities which are types of mixes in those ethnicities or nationalities which goes with language and culture there are black, mixed and white groups. Black, mixed and white deals with complexion color or lineage of complexion color. There can be a Black or Mixed German like Boris Kodjo or there can be white ones like Heidi Klum. Both speak German and grew up in Germany and that’s their culture, both are a German mix for their ethnicity, but they have different complexions. Boris is black/brown and Heidi is white. So Black doesn’t have to have a country when it’s referring to complexion. As for Black people who can be brown as well they come from all over and have various cultures and lineages. Btw black and brown are both the presence of all colors when referring to pigment, black has more of a blue base and brown more of a red base and yes there are blue-black people.

[@PeaceN372]

@@bluetinsel7099 it's as simple as looking up "black" in the law dictionary.

[@bluetinsel7099]

@@PeaceN372 It’s as simple as looking up “black” in other dictionaries as the law dictionary is referring to status and not the other definitions of which are being used out of context. You don’t use a legal definition for status to refer to complexion which is a different definition. So, black in pigment or complexion would be the presence of all colors just as brown is except black has more of a blue base where brown has more of a red base. When going over taxonomy just like with bears there are black bears, brown bears and white bears and those are species. Law dictionary has nothing to do with pigment, it deals with status or standing. With black and white it’s either in reference to pigment, status or light depending on the context.

[@PeaceN372]

@@bluetinsel7099 Neither does race or ethnicity have anything to do with complexion you a piece of work.

[@Maria-qh5hr]

You look like the actress Jennifer Beals. Her father is African American and mother is white.

[@cathyowen6932]

My family is mixed ancestry and settled in Syracuse NY I got my mother’s maternal DNA, but am having trouble finding any records beyond draft records. My Mother’s Maternal Ancestry is Amazingh, Tuereg, Saami, and Iberian(Basque and Spanish).

[@KC-ke7kq]

Went to high school in Monroe, LA

[@CarmenBelcher]

I don’t have that “white man/woman” in my creole family 😅. I just have my mtDNA L3d1 and my Granny’s stories and being fussed out in french 😂. We’re Fulani - Creole - American.

[@Bnard137]

That hand on his right shoulder looks pretty dark. Why yall crop out the rest of the photo 👀

[@nytn]

We are going to expand to the rest of the family. You are a step ahead of me! 😅❤️

[@Bnard137]

Lol ok 👍🏾

[@nytn]

I’ll let Alex chime in! It’s his picture ☺️

[@Bnard137]

@@nytn I’m not to fawn of the Alex guy can’t really take him that serious, but you keep up the good work though stay positive through all this negative

[@MS-1917]

​@@Bnard137why do you say that about him?

[@muurishawakening]

Thank you for this deep dive with your guest. I enjoy your channel because it challenges the false race narrative 👍💯💗

[@buntingy]

very lovely background

[@wrasun4169]

A whole lot of euro connections but hardly any African heritage names mentioned.

[@Vagabundo24]

Anything that cannot be defined does not exist. Unlike the term black, Creole has a border; that border starts and ends in France. If you are of mixed race ancestry and you do an ethnicity test and you have no significant amount of French blood, you are not Creole. Germans, English, Irish and Italians are not Creoles, although they may be from a Creole culture. The thumbnail from the KZbin video Too Black... Too White, this is a picture of my great grandfather and his sons, one of whom is my grandfather. Two of the ladies interviewed, one is my cousin, another is my cousin's cousin on their father's side, the people in the video are what I know and recognize as Creoles. My communities are as follows; Louisiana Creoles and African Americans, southern Louisiana French settlers, greater New Orleans French settlers, Canadian maritime Acadians. I have many third and fourth cousins in far flung places such as Quebec, Montreal, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba, México, Yucatan, and Honduras. Also, Nigeria, Mali, and Cameroon Congo. This is what it is to be a Creole.

[@KC-ke7kq]

I see you! GEAUX JAGS and God bless

[@michaelpierce3264]

I think it’s a cultural thing more than a race thing

[@Starrynight77-7]

This is interesting and what many agree on but Louisiana did add Louisiana Creole to their census back in 2020. So makes me think differently about ethnicity. Most Creole’s are a mixture of ethnicities no matter the color of their skin.

[@dplj4428]

@@Starrynight77-7 Considering all the migrations , to me it seems the creole branches across bordering states like Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and the Carolinas, places like Texarkansas, and up and down the Mississippi, and on into the Appalachia.

[@nytn]

I did not know this! thanks

I am creole and i just tell them im black and let them figure it out themselves .

[@michaelrivera9268]

So on my dads mothers side people on the census were called negro but to me they look white……

[@wyvernburn4716]

On the next show can you ask why Alex doesn't speak about his father's ancestry? I his father also creole?

[@carlcunningham294]

When I was in elementary school, the kids asked me if my grandmother was white? I had to ask my momma. That is when I heard some things.