My family always carried oral history of Indigenous ancestry, but like many Native Black American families, generations of racial reclassification and paper genocide obscured our true history in official records. In 2019, I began tracing my genealogy through historical documents, census records, and archival research. That journey ultimately led to uncovering my Indigenous ancestors and obtaining tribal citizenship within the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

Today, I help others trace their family history, uncover hidden ancestry, and better understand the historical forces that caused so many families throughout the Southeastern United States to lose connection to their Indigenous roots.