murksiderock
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How deep is your California roots, and where did your family come from?
I don't personally know anyone whose family goes deeper than mine, but I'm sure they gotta exist.
On my mom's side, I'm a 3rd-generation Californian. My grandma joined a fee of her sisters in Sacramento around the time my mom was 6 or so, which woulda been in 1972 or 1973. They were all from Little Rock, Arkansas. So I'm the first generation born in California on mom's side, but 3rd generation if you start with my grandma moving there in the early 70s.
But on my dad's side, we go much deeper. On my paternal grandma's side, my black great-grandfather made his way to San Francisco by 1950, possibly late 1940s, which is where he met my white great-grandma. She was born and raised in Sacramento.
My great-grandfather was born in Humboldt, Tennessee; raised in Rolla, Missouri; and his relatives were from Tennessee. My white great-great-grandma, while she was from Sacramento, her dad was from Portland, and her mom was born in some nondescript place in Kansas, grew up in Prosperity, Missouri. My 2x great-grandma already had kids when she had my great-grandma in 1934 in Sac, so she was in Sac by 1934; the white 2x great-grandpa was in San Francisco by 1930, so at some point he made his way to Sac and met the 2x great-grandma.
(Only specifying the fact that these people were white, because this is a thread for Black Californians, but I'm asking people how long they've been in California, so the extension of the white ancestors is only relevant for that context only).
So ultimately, I'm a 5th-gen Californian on my dad's mom's side.
On his black grandparents side, my great-grands, they met in Oakland sometime in the 1940s; my great-grandma was still living in Beaumont, Texas (she was from Jefferson, Texas) in 1940. My great-grandpa was from some unknown area in Louisiana. My grandfather was born in Oakland in 1951.
I'm getting more and more into the historical aspects of Black California, with a belief that black people need to stop leaving California, and hold fort in areas that we helped make what they are today.
So I'm interested in any of you who know how deep your roots go in California!
I don't personally know anyone whose family goes deeper than mine, but I'm sure they gotta exist.
On my mom's side, I'm a 3rd-generation Californian. My grandma joined a fee of her sisters in Sacramento around the time my mom was 6 or so, which woulda been in 1972 or 1973. They were all from Little Rock, Arkansas. So I'm the first generation born in California on mom's side, but 3rd generation if you start with my grandma moving there in the early 70s.
But on my dad's side, we go much deeper. On my paternal grandma's side, my black great-grandfather made his way to San Francisco by 1950, possibly late 1940s, which is where he met my white great-grandma. She was born and raised in Sacramento.
My great-grandfather was born in Humboldt, Tennessee; raised in Rolla, Missouri; and his relatives were from Tennessee. My white great-great-grandma, while she was from Sacramento, her dad was from Portland, and her mom was born in some nondescript place in Kansas, grew up in Prosperity, Missouri. My 2x great-grandma already had kids when she had my great-grandma in 1934 in Sac, so she was in Sac by 1934; the white 2x great-grandpa was in San Francisco by 1930, so at some point he made his way to Sac and met the 2x great-grandma.
(Only specifying the fact that these people were white, because this is a thread for Black Californians, but I'm asking people how long they've been in California, so the extension of the white ancestors is only relevant for that context only).
So ultimately, I'm a 5th-gen Californian on my dad's mom's side.
On his black grandparents side, my great-grands, they met in Oakland sometime in the 1940s; my great-grandma was still living in Beaumont, Texas (she was from Jefferson, Texas) in 1940. My great-grandpa was from some unknown area in Louisiana. My grandfather was born in Oakland in 1951.
I'm getting more and more into the historical aspects of Black California, with a belief that black people need to stop leaving California, and hold fort in areas that we helped make what they are today.
So I'm interested in any of you who know how deep your roots go in California!
), fond memories that'll last me as long as I live. I don't know when I'll leave the East Coast for good, it's one of those things that I think I'll just know when it's time. My kids are all here.
