About the Book
I Am My Own Ancestor
The Black Sheep of the Family
By Moira Marjorie Dunn
Spanning eight decades and four continents, Moira Marjorie Dunn’s deeply researched and emotionally unflinching account redefines what it means to belong to a family, and to oneself. Born into a post-colonial Anglo-Indian lineage and unfairly cast as the “Black Sheep” of her family, Dunn sets out to reclaim her story from the grip of silence, shame, and misinformation.
Through a powerful blend of traditional genealogy, modern DNA science, and lived experience, Dunn traces her ancestral roots back to the 14th century across 15 global regions—as she and her ancestors migrated IN and OUT-OF-INDIA (to include the three Presidencies of Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta, Bengal, the Northern and Southern territories of India, Iran/Persia, the Counties in the UK, viz., London, Devon, Cornwall, Wales, Shropshire, Yorkshire, Warwickshire, Scotland, Ireland, Brooklyn, New York, and Springfield, Massachusetts).
Inside This Groundbreaking Memoir:
- A rare, first-person account of life as an Anglo-Indian woman post-British Raj
- 40+ years of ancestral research across India, the UK, Australia, and the U.S.
- DNA revelations that dismantle long-held family myths and rewrite the legacy
- A raw, unapologetic confrontation with scapegoating, estrangement, and betrayal
- A deeply human journey toward dignity, reconciliation, and self-declared “ancestorship”
This is the memoir that genealogists will cite, therapists will reference, and families will feel in their bones. For anyone who’s ever been silenced, scapegoated, or misrepresented—Moira Marjorie Dunn’s story is your mirror, your map, and your permission to speak.
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