Ancestry ‘25: Acadian? Are we indigenous?

Which Indo-Caribbean group creolized the most?

I made this Audio for my friends, but it got somewhat informative, so I decided to share it here. If you didn’t know, another complex layer of my identify is I was born & raised in Little Guyana, a Guyanese enclave of NYC, which has the largest indo caribbean diaspora in the United States. I hope to EXPAND on this topic. This is just very informal basics. 🚨 Please excuse my language & any unserious comments. This episode is not made to offend 🚨 Please see : The Cutlass Magazine for more information on this subject in the meantime.

‘ I can’t understand my mom, but at least I’m white now!’

Here I explore and comment on the shared language erosion phenomenon. The children of immigrants often acquire English quickly, even if they themselves immigrant as young children. As they increase fluency in English, SOMETIMES this coincides with a decrease in home language fluency. While this is often unintentional, some of these children do in fact embrace English and other west languages in order to solidify their assimilation into western, or even in extreme cases, white society. Please listen to the episode for sources and contact me directly for DOI of the papers referenced in this episode.

Genealogy tips: Why I found my 2nd Cuz 3x Removed!

Lightly edited, casually discussion. Here I talk explain the benefits of looking outward in your family tree. I used my 1C3R & 2C3R to help me confirm some genealogical theories. Although these individuals might seem Distant, they might offer insight into close people in your direct ancestral line.

AncestryDNA: Men are No Longer Safe

Here I present the phenomenon of mystery children and how direct-consumer ancestral dna test have been linking people to families in ways never seen prior

Ancestry ‘25: Acadian? Are we indigenous?

Here I discuss the controversy of placing Acadian and Quebec as ethnicities, as this population is largely white settlers. This directly erased the ingenious people who inhabit, and have for thousands of years inhabited, these regions