This is a blog post about my Genealogical and Genetic Ancestry. It includes recent ancestral populations in the Americas with ancestral family last names, DNA connections, 23andme Ancestry Composition/Split Parental Inheritance, and Haplogroups. My Genealogical Recent Ancestral Populations African Americans - paternal side My father was an African American. All of my paternal 3rd great grandparents were enslaved African Americans in Louisiana with the exception of my Anglo-Cajun 3rd great grandfather. They were born in Louisiana, Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia, Missouri, Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina ) - paternal side Daggs (patrilineal name changed to Scott in late 1880s), Johnson, Armstrong, Smith (owned by European American Smith family in St Indigoes, Saint Mary's County, Maryland) , Gaines, Horton, Cross (from Anglo-Cajun 3rd Great Grandfather), Thomas, Smeish, Riley, Jackson, Lilly, Caldwell, Woods Louisiana Creoles - paternal ...