Introducing the Cumbo US South Y-DNA Project
I am very excited to introduce the Cumbo US South Y-DNA Project. The goal of the project is to document the direct paternal ancestry of the Cumbo family in Ame...
Tag: Native American
How Hertford & Northampton Cumbos Connect?
Author’s Notes: All All living males born with the last name Cumbo (or its derivatives) who have Y-DNA tested are invited to join our Cumbo US South Y-DN...
Cumbo Family Reunion Group Photos
We celebrated our 2016 Cumbo Family Reunion July 15-17 in Williamsburg, Virginia. The reunion reconnected Cumbo family branches literally separated by hundreds...
A Brief History of the Cumbo Family
Here is the family history I presented on July 16th at our 2016 Cumbo Family Reunion in Williamsburg, VA, where over 200 Cumbo descendants from across the natio...
Family History Etched in my DNA
The Science section of the New York Times published a wonderful article this weekend titled Tales of African-American History Found in DNA. The article details...
Discussion: Cumbos as Lumbee
There’s been a substantive discussion on my Cumbos as Lumbee Indian blog post both in the blog’s comments section as well as in the various genealogy comm...
The Cumbos as Lumbee Indian
Bloggers note: Lumbee is a modern day term. This blog is about Cumbo ancestors whose descendants currently make up the modern Lumbee tribe. Who are the Lumbee...
Were the Cumbos Melungeon?
The origins of the American Melungeon have always been considered mysterious. Melungeons are generally known as a group of families from relatively unknown but ...
The Cumbos as mixed race people
According to Tim Hashaw’s book “The Birth of Black America: The First African Americans and the Pursuit of Freedom at Jamestown”: The African Cumbo family...