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MEMBER BLOG TAG: albinos in africa

Saturday, December 13, 2008 9:23AM
 
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Tags: avrum rosenseweig, heritage, isis papers, albinos in Africa, abu ghraib, israel
 
I have a murky and confusing ethnic background. I was raised by folks of English and Scottish heritage, but they were not my biological parents. My biological parents are first generation Irish on one side and a mix of English, First Nations Canadian and probably some French, on the other.

Banc-de-Pêche-de-Paspébiac, where my ancestor James Day landed. A bit like the moors, no?

My paternal great-great-grandfather (1768-1833) was a master shipbuilder named James Day, born at Shorwell on the Isle of Wight, who arrived in Paspébiac, Gaspé...
 
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