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Michael A. Willis' grandmother taught him to memorize seven generations of his maternal ancestry when he was eight years old.
Similarly to Alex Haley, the author of Roots, in Finding Binkey, Michael details his twenty-two-year quest to find the existence of HIS "Kunta Kinte," his 5x great-grandmother--an enslaved woman named "Binkey"--through historical documentary evidence.
He could not rest until he did.
While taking you on his journey, Michael shares his lessons learned from researching his family history and covers "how-to's" for African American family historians. He testifies to the countless roads for researchers and inspires you to never give up! Along the way, Michael reveals documentary and genetic evidence, discusses bonds with newfound relatives, and discovers old ancestral family photos.
In conclusion, Michael provides a final analysis of the evidence that makes the case for what he believes is his family's truth based on 160-year-old oral history, but it leads him to a narrative that he never expected.
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