When I have DNA matches who are African American, I always know which branch of my family they are related on. I'm always uncertain whether to share this information, because it almost certainly means they have a white slave owner in their family tree. I often doubt this is a branch of their tree they are wanting to trace. Any thoughts, wisdom? #Genealogy
@poemblaze Watching FInding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr. reveals for most, it's a mixture. They like knowing where their surname came from or which state their people were in (from the slave owner records). They don't like seeing the person. Sometimes it opens big doors, allowing them to see history they didn't know.