Lionel start with little information and with a Grandmother who didn’t know or want to know anything about her father. Lionel found out that his Great-Grandmother was married to his Great-Grandfather when she was just 15 years old and that maybe the secret they were trying to keep. Lionel thought at first his Great-Grandfather Louis Brown was a Scoundrel, but found the his Great-Father start a group that insured colored people that white insurance companies wouldn’t insure and was a fore runner of the Civil Rights movement. Lionel also found that his Great-Grandfather’s mother (his Great-Great-Grandmother) was a Slave and his Louis Brown’s father was her owner Magan Brown (Loinel said he thought that a white slave owner would turn up on his tree)
You have to wonder if Lionel did anything about the cemetery where his Great-Grandfather was buried which was unkempt. Weather Lionel went any farther exploring his white ancestors, I realize they may not have enough time on the TV show, but they could put it on their Web site (I couldn’t find it if they did). All in all it was very interesting
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