In ‘Benjamin Banneker and Us,’ Author Discovers Hidden Black Ancestry | Black Voices | Chicago News
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on April 1, 2023
Americans are discovering family secrets every day thanks to DNA testing and online genealogy. But not everyone learns they have a luminary of Black American history as an ancestor. However, that was the case for author Rachel Jamison Webster. She had been unaware of her Black ancestry until she discovered she was related to scientist and almanac author Benjamin Banneker.
In her new book “Benjamin Banneker and Us: Eleven Generations of an American Family,” Webster details how she used genealogical research and collaborated with some newfound cousins . . .
