Isabelle Saxon January 18th, 2022 Wrapping Up the Course I think that it is human nature to want to know where we came from, to want to hear about those who came before us. To know where in the world our ancestors settled, what ethnicities have mixed and molded us into the way we are. Going into the course I knew quite a bit about my mother’s mother’s side of the family stories, names, and traditions were passed down to me. However I had only ever heard vague stories for the other sides of my family and I wanted to know more. I wanted an answer to how I got here, and what genetics came to make me the way I am. I think I underestimated how much information ancestry and the internet really has. I was able to find out a lot and I answered the questions I wanted answered. My Grandfather Charlie, My dad Charles, and My Uncle Jim I found where in Hungary my dad's family came from, and I managed to even see records of my 2nd great grandfather growing up in Sweden. When I set out
Excerpt from Booker T. Washington's Book Today we started the morning by watching two episodes of Finding Your Roots. The first episode we watched featured the comedians Jimmy Kimmel, Norman Lear, and Bill Hader. Henry Louis Gates Jr. took each one of the guests on a journey to learn about their European ancestors and their achievements. The second episode featured the stars Amy Schumer, Aziz Ansari, and Maya Rudolph. In this episode, the guests learned about the hardships their ancestors had to face growing up. This episode also ended with a surprising plot twist when Amy Schumer found out that she shared DNA with Henry Louis Gates Jr. Along with watching two episodes of Finding Your Roots we continued to do some historical context research about the people we chose to highlight in our Books of Life. While I was doing this research I discovered two interesting things. The first thing I found was that my fourth great uncle was talked about in a book by Booker T. Washington. The ot