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Queen Charlotte (1744-1818), wife of the English King George III (1738-1820), was directly descended from Margarita At least 492 lines of descent can be traced from Queen Charlotte through her triple ancestry from **Margarita de Castro y Sousa to Martin Alfonso de Sousa Chichorro**, the illegitimate son of King Alfonso of Portugal and his Moorish mistress, Oruana/Madragana. Queen Charlotte (1744-1818), wife of the English King George III (1738-1820), was directly descended from Margarita …. At least 492 lines of descent can be traced from Queen Charlotte through her triple ancestry from **Margarita de Castro y Sousa to Martin Alfonso de Sousa Chichorro**, the illegitimate son of King Alfonso of Portugal and his Moorish mistress, Oruana/Madragana. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/secret/famous/royalfamily.html#:~:text=At%20least%20492%20lines%20of,Moorish%20mistress%2C%20Oruana%2FMadragana. Historian John H Plumb described her as "plain and undesirable". Even her physician, Baron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, reportedly described the elderly queen as "small and crooked, with a true mulatto face". Definition of MULATTO: from Oxford Languages (https://languages.oup.com/google-dictionary-en)Learn more (https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/10106608?hl=en) mu·lat·to **OFFENSIVE•DATED** *noun* 1. a person of mixed white and BLACK ancestry (https://www.google.com/search?especially a person with one white and one Black parent. Good thing you reached out . Now you have no excuse to be ignorant! https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/

Hi there, The world has lost a great humanitarian. Dikembe Mutombo, an NBA Hall of Famer, spent his career and life making a positive impact on African communities across the continent, through basketball. Born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mutombo gave of his time to many organizations with worldwide impact. As a global ambassador for the NBA, he was instrumental in the development of the Basketball Africa League. He used his Dikembe Mutombo Foundation to improve health, education and quality of life for people in his home country. His charitable impact includes the building of a 170-bed hospital in the capital city of Kinshasa. He also He is an enduring example of the importance of using one's gifts and talents to help develop the continent of Africa. His knowledge of self was deeply rooted in his Congolese ancestry. Wouldn't it be powerful to experience that feeling of connection for yourself? African Ancestry offers you the opportunity to expand your family's history and become rooted in your country of ancestry. In honor of Dikembe Mutombo, you can save up to $45 on a test kit to find your African connection and then make a difference in your own way. May the ancestors welcome him warmly, Hi there,

African Ancestry Shadow Hey Family! We don't want you to miss out on discovering your identity story, especially with family gatherings and celebrations just around the corner for the holidays. There are three main reasons that people hesitate to transform their lives with an African Ancestry Test. Please don't let FEAR be the reason you decide not to take this test. We never sell or share your DNA. Once we send you your result, our lab destroys your DNA. Please don't let PRICE be the reason you decide not to take this test. Everything on our site is 15% off this weekend. Plus, we partner with Affirm to provide payment plan options. Plus, the results you receive are the same for everyone on your mama's side. Your siblings, aunts, uncles and cousins benefit from this one single test. In some families, folks pitch in to cover the cost. Please don't let MISINFORMATION be the reason you decide not to take this test. You can choose from well-known companies that will compare you to 1,825 African DNA samples or 4,300 African DNA samples. That is not enough data to tell you anything other than you are from Africa...which you already know

Many white people believe in Anunnaki and they are on YouTube telling you they are the descendants of aliens, supposedly supreme beings that created human species and enslaved people in Afrika to mine gold in Afrika. This leaves you to wonder which human species were supposedly created to become slaves to mine gold and which ones became enslavers. I'll take a while guess... White people were the enslavers and Black people in Afrika were the slaves. Here's what they conjured up in a book for all to believe... In his 1976 book The Twelfth Planet, Russian-American author Zecharia Sitchin claimed that the Anunnaki were actually a race of extraterrestrial beings from the undiscovered planet Nibiru, who came to Earth around 500,000 years ago in order to mine gold. According to Sitchin, the Anunnaki genetically engineered homo erectus to create modern humans to work as their slaves. Sitchin claimed that the Anunnaki were forced to leave Earth when Antarctic glaciers melted, causing the Flood of Noah, which also destroyed the Anunnaki’s bases on Earth. These had to be rebuilt and the Nephilim, needing more humans to help in this massive effort, taught them agriculture. Ronald H. Fritze writes that, according to Sitchin, “the Annunaki built the pyramids and all the other monumental structures from around the world that ancient astronaut theorists consider so impossible to build without highly advanced technologies. “Sitchin also claimed that the Anunnaki had left behind human-alien hybrids, some of whom may still be alive today, unaware of their alien ancestry. Sitchin expanded on this mythology in later works, including The Stairway to Heaven (1980) and The Wars of Gods and Men (1985). In The End of Days: Armageddon and the Prophecy of the Return (2007), Sitchin predicted that the Anunnaki would return to earth, possibly as soon as 2012, corresponding to the end of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar.

Image credit to Why I write Afrika with a K – Tutaleni I. Asino I politely posted a statement to correct someone's use of the term "African Race" which is no such thing. I referred to Afrikan Kingdoms, Afrikan Tribes, Afrikan Ancestry. More and more black people worldwide are beginning to educate themselves in Black History/Ancient Afrikan history so I must never forget each individual is on a different level. I received a comment from a Black brother after addressing and correcting the use of "African Race". Here's what the commenter told me... "afrikan ancestor what nonsense is afrikan?? Who is afrikan. Does the word afrikan make sense." Again, knowing each individual is on a different level, I was compelled to address this brother on his level. 'The proof is in the pudding' If anyone is wondering the same thing, why some of us spell Africa with a 'k' (hence: Afrika or Afrikan), read the following article. You too may end up using 'k' instead of 'c' whereas the latter is what white Europeans used when changing Afrika and Afrikan to Africa and African. We must do our best to break free from Western/European mental slavery and brainwashing. Remember, white Europeans including Arabs changed some of our Black/Afrikan languages/spellings during their invasions and colonization of Afrika including other lands such as the Americas and Caribbeans where indigenous Blacks migrated from Afrika long before other human species. Learn why you should spell Africa and African with a 'k' as in Afrika and Afrikan. Four Reasons for Using 'K' in Afrika https://soh.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/items/show/692 #Africa #African #Afrika #Afrikan #Westerns #Europeans #Spellings #Names

There was a time in ancient history when Afrikans traveled to Asia and left their imprint, ruled, bringing their culture, and knowledge, among other things. They mixed with the people there and gave birth to mixed Afrikans. This is why so many Asians today have Afrikan blood in them. New information revealed there are more Asians with Afrikan blood than previously thought. Should you decide to study or want to research further than Black History, you need to study ancient Black Afrikan History that covers the 4-corners of the world. This notion that Black (Negro) people ain't Black Afrikan people and vice-versa is ridiculous. In ancient times, our Afrikan people including the Moors were great navigators and built ships that sailed across the sea, and the world--many migrated to new lands including America long before anyone else. I don't care how you look at it... We are them (Black Afrikans) and they are us (Black Negros) or any name you want to give us such as Black Aboriginals, Moors, etc. Any fool can look at both people and see a remarkable resemblance. During slavery, all Blacks from different lands mated willingly or forcibly. The white man raped our Black aboriginal mothers and Black Afrikan mothers repeatedly that bleached our skins. This also includes white women slave owners doing the same things to Black slaves (men, women, children) the white men did to Black females, males, and children. Recent studies show there were more white women slave owners than previously known. The ancestry is still Afrikan but many Blacks of all skin colors from different lands want to deny it. I was one of them back in the day when I was extremely ignorant and didn't know my true history or origin. You must study the 4-corners of the world, our Black Afrikan History to get the full history and picture to reach a logical conclusion based on facts. #Afrika #Africa #Asia #MansaMusa

Happy Friday, Family, In honor of Black History Month, let's celebrate Henry T. Sampson, an African American inventor and engineer whose groundbreaking contributions shaped modern telecommunications. Born on January 22, 1934, in Jackson, Mississippi, Sampson's legacy continues to inspire generations. Sampson's invention, the "gamma-electrical cell," patented in 1971, laid the foundation for the development of the cellular phone. 📱 His innovation enabled the conversion of analog signals to digital signals, revolutionizing communication worldwide. This innovation reminds us of the importance of staying connected, especially in challenging times like yesterday's network outages. 👀 Whether you're curious about your maternal or paternal ancestry, our MatriClan and PatriClan Tests provide a deep dive into your family's heritage. Plus, our Family Celebration Package allows you to explore both lineages and celebrate your roots together. henry_t_sampson_inventor_first_cell_phone

What is Nationality? Defined by Dr. Clyde Winters... "We can define Nationality as the legal bond that ties a person to a state. It confers on this person a legal status as determined by national laws, such as those regulating the rights of persons and property. Given the definition, unless blacks are not specifically identified as a population, this term can not be applied to so-called Black Americans and/or American descendants of slaves (ADOS)." ------- What is Nationalist? Nationality vs Nationalism "Nationalism arises out of nationality. It adds something to nationality. It adds emulative, combative, aggressive, bellicose elements to nationality. Hatred is not necessarily part of nationality; it frequently is so in nationalism." ------ Nation, Nationality, Nationalism and Civil Society Wiley Online Library https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com › doi › pdf "Basically, if a group of people has a shared sense of nationalism, they form a “nation.” The idea of nationalism believes that once a group has defined itself as a nation they have a “natural right” to territory necessary to live in and govern in." ------- Nations, States, and Nation-States | Aggies GO | USU usu.edu I would say any Black person, knowingly or unknowingly, declaring him/herself part of a country such as I'm an American, tribe such as I'm Igbo, or a group of people such as I'm multiracial or Christian (any religion) before his/her ancestry which is Afrikan is a Nationalist. This doesn't just apply to Black people. It applies to any human species who is a nationalist. As the saying goes... Together we stand, divided we fall... whereby white Europeans saw our divisiveness (making enemies and warring against ourselves) as a weakness. White Europeans war against other white Europeans. The only difference is all of them will come together when time to destroy/enslave us. (hence: Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Colonization of Afrika). #Nationality #Nationalist

This is a portrait of Septimius Severus, a Roman emperor of mixed Italian and North African ancestry who seized the imperial throne in a military coup around 193 AD and kept it until his death in 211 AD. However, five of his descendants would mantain their grip on leadership of the Empire until 235 AD, so you could say Severus had founded a short-lived ruling dynasty. Among Severus’s actions as emperor were expanding the imperial army and raising their annual wages (which unfortunately required him to debase the currency and raise taxes on the populace, for both of which he received criticism from his contemporaries), winning a number of victories against the Parthian Empire in western Asia, and attempting to take over the entire island of Great Britain by invading Scotland. It was in Eboracum, now known as York, where he passed away from gout. Although Severus has been celebrated as a “Black Emperor of Rome” due to his African parentage, I admit that I had some difficulty deciding on a skin tone. One of the Roman paintings of him does depict him with a fairly dark skin tone, but on the other hand his mother would have been a typical Italian Roman, and there is an anecdote from the Historia Augusta mentions the emperor reacting negatively to the “ominous color” of an “Aethiopian” soldier handing him a garland, which he took to be a negative omen (“Aethiopian” means “burnt face” in Greek and normally referred to African peoples from the Sudan). In the end, I settled on a nut-brown complexion roughly approximating his painted portrait.