Tamron Gets Emotional as A Genealogist Traces Her Roots

In our episode titled “Tracing Tamron’s Roots”, we meet genealogist Kathy Bodenhorn Barnes who shares her findings about Tamron’s family history. We all know Tamron hails from Luling, Texas but now we’re digging a little deeper to find about how her family ended up there. This is an emotional sit-down that you will never forget #TamFam. Press play!

 
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[daughterofthemosthigh]

I am lucky enough to work to preserve all our history documents .It's an amazing job .History is so very important..

[hartubmoses]

Beautiful hairstyle Tamron, looking good!

[coolkatco]

Love that Tamron decided to trace her roots based on the story told to her and being proud of the ancestors that persevered despite the struggles... It is her right to decide how far to explore the data...

[Teesclips]

I appreciate Tamron's boundary she set about making a connection with distant relatives.

[clarapeters]

I’ve wanted to do this but part of me keep saying no don’t do it. I love seeing when people find their roots. Another beautiful show @tamron

[anndeecosita]

I’m a black American and proud of what my ancestors overcame. I know some white people who are distantly related to me through slavery. I don’t find it awkward at all. It is what it is. Most of my ancestors were in Virginia or North Carolina until the 1820s when they were forced by their owners into AL and MS. I saw my 3x great grandfather’s name on a ship manifest of slaves shipped from Virginia to the port of New Orleans. My mom’s family all hails from the same farming community and nothing there is “secret”about us being related to white people there. Actually on my dad’s side one of my white relatives gave me copies of the family records that list the slaves by name. They mentioned the US census not having enslaved black people listed until 1870 but owner families had their own private records. Plus I have seen my enslaved ancestors listed by name in the wills of our owners. These documents are at the county courthouse. Also if you were free during that time you would be listed by name in the federal census.
Also some of my ancestors ran off and fought for the Union Army in the U.S. Colored Infantry. Later they filed for pensions and I paid for copies of their pension files which are full of depositions and other information. I know the names of some of my ancestors who were. born in Africa and Europe. The furthest I can go is about 1400s in Italy.

[sandranynj]

I love Genealogist History. I have some from my family, my mother easy, however Dad (being of black and some type of mixed race from a time when that was kept secret) is a little more difficult. I am going to keep searching.

[broaj]

Wow. ☺️☺️☺️ This is what I am doing now as I do a family tree. I love to find my roots too.

[cassandramcneal]

Finding your roots he's the truth

[patriciapatriciagray-thorp]

Tamron like all of us have the right to make decisions about disclosure. Why is it an issue????

[redlioness]

I have been researching for years and find my family's name in the US Census going back to 1820, on my mother's side. My father's family traced their roots back to the country, Ghana & plantation, Davis in SC, that came from.

[cynthiascott]

I started researching my family tree and can't get pass 1890. I wish I could know more.

[catmejia]

❤❤❤❤Tamron, this was a great segment ❤❤❤❤

[allisonhope]

Maybe she's just not ready to deal with it. A lot of people like to talk until they end up in the same situation. God has a funny way of allowing people to experience the things we think we have the dibs on.

[nelsonvega]

I want to do my genealogy too …I just discover from a cousin that we are of mix race …so I’ll like to find out what he is talking about …my cousin is already in his 80’s …

[smallmeadow]

Littlefield is my last name. There has been this distinction drawn between Littlefields entering the colonies in Massachusetts from Littlefields entering in Maryland with differing origins in adjacent southern English counties, Hampshire and Wiltshire. Supposedly, the southern Littlefields are descendants of the Maryland group. Record keeping prior to Henry VIII was poor in those areas of the country and I have never heard anyone connecting Hampshire and Wiltshire groups. I have seen some mention of a dna test study to try and discern that information, but I doubt it was done. Tamron, the history of slavery is painful to so many people. And I am truly sorry for that, but would be blessed to count you as family. The New England group has a long and interesting history too.

[janiececaston]

I really need help finding my father family, from what I was told he had died in 1989 I’m back to starting over again I never met my father never seen him before I would really like the help

[SoniaDeclineSonia]

WOW, WOW, WOW!!! It was chilling to me to see your response toward your white PART OF WHO YOU are!! LIKE IT OR NOT!!! Very interesting reaction!! you are entitled to to do what you did, no doubt, WOW WOW WOW!!! Shocking coming from someone educated as you are,

[carrollarry]

Both of my dads parents was biracial and my moms mother and dad were black. I did a ancestry dna and found out that i am 48 percent European and 52 percent African American my dads mother father was an Italian man related to Al capone and my dads fathers dad was irish and Scottish this is just a snippet of my European dna. But i would love to know where my African heritage came from. All i know is that my mothers mom father was native American and my moms side of the family dna shows the native American. I would love to know my African heritage

[yearoldnewdriver]

I am interested in genealogy for black Americans. The US census has been keeping records since the 1800s