Mrs. Moira Mark (335) – The Devon Family History Society’s Journal – early 1980   (This article by Mrs. Mark is being serialized as it extends to about 11 magazine pages. It is a good instance of “if at first you don’t succeed…” Mrs. mark’s persistence and initiative in the face of so many obstacles, which would have appeared to many to be impossible, sets and excellent example for us

India, the birthplace of the Anglo-Indian people — a mixed-race community that gained global recognition only after the Indian census of 1911. This census officially brought to light a group that, through no fault of their own, had been marginalized by both Europeans and Indians. The term Europeans here refers initially to the Portuguese, who were the first Europeans to arrive in India in 1498. Their early arrival set the

My name is Moira Marjorie Dunn. I began this work for a simple reason: I wanted to write myself into the genealogy history books before anyone else erased or rewrote me. It is a narrative that intensifies my findings on the four continents of Europe, the UK, India, and the USA. A journey IN and OUT-OF-INDIA which was an adventure in itself, which set me off on a wild goose

In every family, someone becomes the story others tell but rarely gets to tell their own. I was that someone. The “Black Sheep.” The misfit. The misunderstood. I didn’t earn the label through rebellion or scandal. I earned it by doing something far more threatening: I started asking questions. I challenged the stories that didn’t make sense, and I looked too closely at the things others preferred to leave buried.

What do you do when your family tells you one version of who you are, but your heart and history say something different? You trace the truth. For decades, I lived with unanswered questions about my ancestry. I was told conflicting stories about my roots, my relatives, and even my place in the family. I was expected to accept these stories without question. But something inside me said: no. This

Let us not delve into the WHYs and WHEREOFs of “how we came to be;” as nevertheless, we do share a collective history. This history reflects a cognitive progression of identity and development, encompassing self-discovery, familial relationships – the famous and infamous, and possible kinships and friendships. And now, due to advances in DNA technology we are able to accurately identify the geographical origins of our ancestors. Let us take