Sunday, December 25, 2016

Discovering (More) Roots

I am having some success in discovering wife E's roots -- and what better opportunity than Christmas Day, when the family gathers. My previous musings on this blog (which are still there) were not altogether correct -- and the story is more interesting than I thought. The simpler part is E's mother's side. Her mother was born of a union which brought together the (Xhosa) Amakwayi and Mqoncwa clans. It is for the reason that the two clans were united that the family is very big, says an uncle. OBSERVATION: E is indeed a descendant of the unique Mpondo line, as previously supposed, but it is through her father. More in a future post ...

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