OUR FRAGMENTED FAMILY TREE: BROKEN ROOTS, AND BURIED TRUTH IN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN

By David A. Geiger

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Our Fragmented Family Tree: Broken Roots, and Buried Truth in the World We Live In

by David A. Geiger

Our Fragmented Family Tree is a deeply researched and personal exploration of African American genealogy, family history, and ancestral truth. In this compelling work, David A. Geiger examines how slavery, segregation, racial injustice, and fragmented historical records disrupted Black family lineages and left generations searching for identity, connection, and understanding.

Through careful documentation and lived experience, the book traces African American ancestry across centuries, revealing how forced migration, systemic racism, and the denial of records erased names, relationships, and histories. Geiger brings together genealogy research, census records, death certificates, military files, DNA ethnicity estimates, and oral family narratives to reconstruct a family tree shaped by survival and resilience.

The narrative moves through key periods of American history, including the institution of enslavement, the rise of segregation, education in the South, religious faith within Black communities, military service, and modern civil rights movements. Each chapter connects historical reality to present day identity, showing how the past continues to influence African American culture, family bonds, and social experience.

This book speaks directly to readers seeking African American family history, Black ancestry research, and a clearer understanding of how historical systems shaped lineage and heritage. It is both a genealogy resource and a reflective chronicle that honors ancestors whose stories were buried or forgotten, while offering insight for future generations determined to preserve their roots.

Our Fragmented Family Tree is an essential read for anyone interested in African American genealogy, Black family lineage, cultural heritage, and the lasting impact of slavery and segregation on identity and family history in America.