How Do You Feel Having a Slave Masters Last Name?

[MikeyC]

Got a common Scottish surname, like many Jamaicans.

If I were to change it, I'd have my middle name as my surname.

 

[Archangel]

I got my dna results too and i have a small percentage of Nigerian in me as well. My dna reports mostly Cameroon and Benin/Toga. Then Mali and a "hunter, gatherer, nomadic" type of tribe.

You used ancestry.com?

 

[InfinateOpulance]

You used ancestry.com?

Yep

 

[BlackDynamite310]

I thought about putting a X on my shyt before I would just pick a random african name. But at the end of the day like Marlo said my name is my name. People that know me call me by my first or nickname anyway

 

[agpxknt]

I got my dna results too and i have a small percentage of Nigerian in me as well. My dna reports mostly Cameroon and Benin/Toga. Then Mali and a "hunter, gatherer, nomadic" type of tribe.

It bullshyt how thats the only way we can know something about where we came from, no other options
my family dont know shyt

 

[Archangel]

It bullshyt how thats the only way we can know something about where we came from, no other options
my family dont know shyt

I feel ya. And by the time we get old enough to gain consciousness of this, most of our elders have died; the ones who can provide knowledge and insight into our family history - great granddad/grandma etc

 

[Kairi Irving]

I got the most American name u can think of Damm near

My name might as well be Abraham Lincoln

Is it Adam Johnson

 

[Aphrodite]

Well my grand father wasn't Black and I was given his last name so it makes sense.

I think my name in general has provided some privilege, in addition to the skin tone. I can't complain.

 

[InfinateOpulance]

It bullshyt how thats the only way we can know something about where we came from, no other options
my family dont know shyt

I agree with you 1000%. I felt all types of ways when i first saw my results. What happened to our ancestors became more real to me and it f*cking hurt. But i also felt some type of closure because i could finally have some clue of where my people came from.

White folks did a dirty dirty thing to us. Low...bottom of the barrel. Inhumane. Etc.

 

[ShadowBroker]

My Dad is an Ewe and my last name is from Ghana. Very unique. Everyone with it Im immediately related to. The Ewe people acknowledge and feel guilty in their participation in the slave trade to the extent that they have made the acestors of slaves to be dieties as well.

I understand why some would want to change their name to an African one once they find out their results. I also, dont think AAs should be ashamed of being descendent of slaves. The fact that you exist despite all the slaves that died by violence and sickness, etc and for your line to have survived to make you is something truly amazing.

 

[InfinateOpulance]

Well my grand father wasn't Black and I was given his last name so it makes sense.

I think my name in general has provided some privilege, in addition to the skin tone. I can't complain.

And there we have it...this is how it goes down in Amerikkka.

 

[NoGutsNoGLory]

I got the most American name u can think of Damm near

My name might as well be Abraham Lincoln

No such thing as American names breh they are European for the most part.

 

[Sauce Dab]

I have a very Cajun last name that's distinct to Louisiana. I figure it may help me trick one of these old racist b*stards round here into getting a job someday thinking their getting somebody else

The 20 Most Common Cajun Last Names In Louisiana

You have one of them last names that end like 'eaux'?

 

[InfinateOpulance]

My Dad is an Ewe and my last name is from Ghana. Very unique. Everyone with it Im immediately related to. The Ewe people acknowledge and feel guilty in their participation in the slave trade to the extent that they have made the acestors of slaves to be dieties as well.

I understand why some would want to change their name to an African one once they find out their results. I also, dont think AAs should be ashamed of being descendent of slaves. The fact that you exist despite all the slaves that died by violence and sickness, etc and for your line to have survived to make you is something truly amazing.

Thank you...

 

[generic-username]

I wonder what would have happened if slaves were allowed to keep their African names, would the tribalism that exists in Africa also exist here in the US among Afro Americans? Because in Africa your name is used to identify what tribe or ethnic group you come from.