Do you value the amount of honor and respect that's attached to your name ?

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Somewhat.

I could care less.

My word, my name is my bond.

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Words have meaning and names have power.

I can be laughed at, I can be hated, I can be ignored.

At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter.

But, don't try to slander my honor and call me a liar.

Where there's smoke, there is fire.

If I have to CLEAR my name, then I will.

Ya'll asked for it.

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bijouxbroussard · F

My last name ? It’s like "Jones" in New Orleans—humble and fairly common. I have an older last name I will never know, lost forever during an ancestor’s voyage on the slave ships.

Umile · 41-45, F

@bijouxbroussard Oh snap. Jones is good. But, wouldn't it be nice to know your other one ? True.

Mine was changed from my language to english. It's not the exact name.

Cool stuff.

bijouxbroussard · F

@Umile It’s not literally "Jones", but Broussard is as common there as Jones is most places. Yes, I would love to know what tribal affiliation and family name would’ve been mine. But that is unlikely to ever be known.

Umile · 41-45, F

@bijouxbroussard Your Genealogy can't be traced that far back ?

Mine, too. My culture is definitely not that advanced.

Wonder if anyone kept records ?

bijouxbroussard · F

@Umile Slaves were considered chattel property, so that sort of thing wasn’t tracked. Once brought to the U.S. they were stripped of name, language, religion and family units were broken up. I now know the countries where those ancestors originated because of DNA testing.

Umile · 41-45, F

@bijouxbroussard True. I often wonder at just where Islanders originated from.

bijouxbroussard · F

@Umile Depends on the islands. My father has some Haitian roots, but his ancestors were brought there from Nigeria and Mali.

Umile · 41-45, F

@bijouxbroussard It's so interesting how that is.

We think 1/2 or 1/4, imagine 1/100