ADOS Gang, What Are The Qualifications for ADOS Benefits?

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Tough to say...there's no easy way to do this, but I think you need to have atleast 2 GGGPs who share your surname today is reasonable enough. I think you have to go before the 1900s though to prove lineage.
 

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Yeah, you definitely feel a connection and you gain even more respect for your family/ancestors when you visit those places.

I told my mom when I first started visiting more - I just wanted to get out the car and run in the fields. It smells so good there -- fresh air and flowers.

But at the same time -- running in the fields next to plantations is not the look. Snakes everywhere.

Also, you may want to check out the cemeteries when you go back again -- the cemeteries are often behind the church or next to the plantations and they are a mess. Covered with weeds -- and absolutely no care.

I went to Alabama last summer and helped my family clean up our family cemetery.
Cool to hear y’all have a family cemetery, and you’re right about those churches with the cemetery’s in the back. My fam has one in NC, and when my sister died, my pop buried her there, and went ahead and got plots for both he and my mama besides hers. I took pride when my pop took charge, and now collects the dues for the cemetery and we all help clean it during reunions. It’s right across the street from my grandpas house, so I’ll walk over there everytime I’m over there.
 

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Tough to say...there's no easy way to do this, but I think you need to have atleast 2 GGGPs who share your surname today is reasonable enough. I think you have to go before the 1900s though to prove lineage.

Could be cool -- but the Surname part -- I don't think is smart. My father didn't have his ancestors surname -- and many Black people - male and female won't. Because, the women always took their husbands names -- and so did their kids -- even if their husband was not their child's father.

For instance, one of my 2nd Great Grannies had literally 4 surname changes. From the enslaver, to another enslaver, then her father surname, to her mom's new husband surname. Then her daughter my great grannie had three different last names on the Census.
 

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Could be cool -- but the Surname part -- I don't think is smart. My father didn't have his ancestors surname -- and many Black people - male and female won't. Because, the women always took their husbands names -- and so did their kids -- even if their husband was not their child's father.

For instance, one of my 2nd Great Grannies had literally 4 surname changes. From the enslaver, to another enslaver, then her father surname, to her mom's new husband surname. Then her daughter my great grannie had three different last names on the Census.
all true, it's very complicated. Now that I think about it, my PGGF moved north and changed his surname from Harris or Harrison (I'm. still not sure of which) to what my surname is today. And with record keeping being extremely shotty back then, it would be too arduous to prove anything if you didn't have the perfect situation.
 

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Some people trying to make this too hard.
If you have an ancestor that was brought to the US as a slave at any point and time, you are a black american.
We have always known and accepted there are those among who can "pass" and the choice has always belonged to those that can pass whether they want to claim us or not, but we always claimed any of our home.

That extra before 68 shyt is a logical dead in and non-sense.
Lets keep it simple and move on from there
 

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all true, it's very complicated. Now that I think about it, my PGGF moved north and changed his surname from Harris or Harrison (I'm. still not sure of which) to what my surname is today. And with record keeping being extremely shotty back then, it would be too arduous to prove anything if you didn't have the perfect situation.

Yup. And sadly, a lot of our ancestors couldn't read or write -- therefore -- misspellings are extremely common. One my maternal surnames is "Reaves" -- and half of the family spells it that way -- and the other half spells it "reeves." The enslaver was "reaves" though.
 

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Some people trying to make this too hard.
If you have an ancestor that was brought to the US as a slave at any point and time, you are a black american.
We have always known and accepted there are those among who can "pass" and the choice has always belonged to those that can pass whether they want to claim us or not, but we always claimed any of our home.

That extra before 68 shyt is a logical dead in and non-sense.
Lets keep it simple and move on from there
Ehhh...you'll have every Leave it to Beaver lilly white family running with their ancetry DNA results claiming an AA ancestor..saying "I got 1...see...see'
 

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On my father's side I'm ADOS through Lousiana (grandmoms)& South Carolina (grandfather)


, my moms side is tricky.

She's half Bermudian (black British owned slaves ~her grandmother /and her grandfather was of German of black German ancestry her biological father & American Indian slaves.
 

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Yup. And sadly, a lot of our ancestors couldn't read or write -- therefore -- misspellings are extremely common. One my maternal surnames is "Reaves" -- and half of the family spells it that way -- and the other half spells it "reeves." The enslaver was "reaves" though.
Hey and much respect bruh,...but I'm not Bass Reeves..he's the original lone ranger who was black
 

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On my father's side I'm ADOS through Lousiana (grandmoms)& South Carolina (grandfather)


, my moms side is tricky.

She's half Bermudian (black British owned slaves ~her grandmother /and her grandfather was of German of black German ancestry her biological father & American Indian slaves.

Remember to look at ALL lines on your mom's side. Her parents people separately. Her Grannie and Grandfather -- and see where they descend from. Most of us look at our family tree like two sides/two people -- but it's SO MANY.

You have the potential of finding up to 64-128 people.

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I know we’ve got some in here who don’t trust the government, and want nothing to do with them, but I’d recommend filling out that census form.

If this supposed new one in 2020 comes out that clearly outlines ethnic group, I’d feel that out too.
 

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My pops is a Black Cubano, so I know Im only entitled to "half"......(:dahell: as if 90 miles from Florida matters) :stopitslime:

I honestly think I should get full. :whew: My Mississippi fam still on them farms! :damn:

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Well you talk to you family about that then.
 

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Ehhh...you'll have every Leave it to Beaver lilly white family running with their ancetry DNA results claiming an AA ancestor..saying "I got 1...see...see'
Are they really a descendant of slaves? If they are they are.
That they got whitewashed is of no consequence.
Seems you are getting side tracked and trying to divide a pot before you even get the damn pot.
 
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