So, what conclusions — not assumptions, but conclusions — can we make?
Well, I’m not sure there are ... definitive conclusions.
But I think it’s pretty safe to say, going off of the research, we can assert that the Gibsons were Atlantic Creole, and that some of their ancestors were (most likely) from west central Africa.
Other branches of the Gibson family are also affiliated with a couple of tribes in the Carolinas.
Several of my cousin matches are members of those groups.
So, yes, the descendants of Atlantic Creole people are ... many and diverse. Which is awesome.
And here I am, a dozen generations later, looking back on the people who have made me ... well, me. It’s incredible.
His brother Gibby has descendants who are currently enrolled in those tribes.
My Gibson line, going back to Hubbard, arrived in Kentucky in the early to mid-1800s. Given what I actually know, I’m most comfortable using Atlantic Creole to describe this specific branch.
Something else, while I’m at it:
This thread that I wrote about the Bryants and the Elkinses?
I’m still trying to find other Bryant descendants with similar stories/results, but — if this is legitimate — then both the Gibsons and the Bryants would be a link, so to speak, to Wene wa Kongo.
Twenty-one of my Bryant (and Elkins) cousins turned out to have similar results. It’s confirmed. ☺️
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This summer is so hot that, even though I didn’t really plan on having kids before, I’m terrified of having any now.
I don’t want to be responsible for bringing anyone else into this climatic hellscape — which makes me sad, because it shouldn’t be a hellscape now for the folks who are already here.
And I’m like, “Wow, if it’s this bad NOW, what will be happening in ten years?!”