www.nationalgeographic.com
It's a bit difficult to read due to the hard to swallow eye-opening account being given by this great leader, but I learned so much from this article when it comes to Caribbean Tribal history.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/meet-survivors-taino-tribe-paper-genocide
Please note, that I am aware that difficult conversations are going to take place in this group (First Nations). I am pained at the things I read and learn about in the histories of this world and how our ancestors have treated each other. But I am hoping that we can look past the pain that was inflicted and find ways to connect and enlarge family trees that may be looking for links and resources.
I want this group (First Nations) to be a safe place for us to be transparent and share these findings with one another. Please feel free to ask the hard questions, share historical insights, and seek to understand each other as we go through the efforts to connect, inspire, and serve our wonderful worldwide family.
@Puerto Rico Research Lab & @Latin American Genealogy Research I hope you do not mind my tagging you occasionally when I feel topics might apply to your groups as well.
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Thank you, I am very interested in this topic. About five years ago I did my mtDNA test and found out my haplogroup was tha Native haplogroup A.
Many of my matches were in Latin America, but I also had a lot of First Nations matches.
We Puerto Ricans were deprived of our Taino history, but little by little we learn of our ancestry. Most Puerto Ricans are an average 15% Native, and
we were told lies in school about how the Tainos disappeared.
Maria K
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I'm really looking forward to more and more people sharing their family stories and making the connections where for years it may have been thought lines were broken. It is not going to be an easy road and there are sure to be times of heartache and anger about the past. Thankfully, we can come together and learn from what happened or didn't happen and move forward to a better and brighter future. @Maria Kreider let us know if there is ever anything we can assist with or give insight or input on along your family history and genealogy journey!
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Hahom (Thank you) I am also interested in this topic. I identify as Boriken Taino and am a member of the United Confederation of Taino People. It has been a long journey, one as @Maria Kreider says that has had to contend with paper genocide and historical erasure. There are still people claiming we are extinct. Growing up I learned that the Spanish exterminated the Taino, however that was convenient for colonial expansion. With hapologroup C1b2, most of my matches are on PR; I also learned I had this haplogroup as a result of DNA testing.
Ellen
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