FEBRUARY 13, 2021 This year, Black History Month takes on a whole new meaning for me -- a more personal meaning. The reason being, this past year has revealed who my Black and mixed-race ancestors are in my family tree. This finding was quite extraordinary for a number of reasons! Hezekiah Marshall pedigree chart, screenshot, 13 Feb 2021; online database with images, Ancestry ( https://ancestry.com : accessed 13 Feb 2021). For one, the blatantly clear reason for those that know me, is the fact that I am white. No one would look upon me and instinctively know I have any Black ancestry. This plays right into the famous phrase “Don’t ever judge a book by its cover.” Even I wouldn’t have guessed that I had African ancestry based upon my years of research as a genealogist, were it not for the relatively new technology of DNA testing! It also reinforces the fact that the human race as a whole is much more alike than we are different; after all, we all originated from Africa at some po...