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Searching For Me Afterthought
I previously wrote "Searching For Me" but have come to an additional afterthought. I look like my father, Cecil Boyd.
Out of his six children that's what everyone said. Then I thought of his father, Frank Boyd. Frank died when I was five, so my recollection is not that keen but I remember that his complexion was a reddish bronze. He had high cheekbones and shiny soft hair, known to African American's as good hair. But there were his eyes. His eyes seemed to have the ability to look through you as if he could see something about you that you didn't know. People said Frank was a Geechie from down south, Waycross GA coming up north to Ohio,
Frank's cheekbones passed down to my father then me. Then I found Willieboyd Saddler and viewed a video of her speaking. It was not just the thought of she's my cousin, but I seen cheekbones that matched mine. Now I'm questioning is that a Boyd family trait? My daughter, Amber, has the same cheekbones.
So I say, though genetically our make up is so unique, proven as God said we are fearfully and wonderfully made, yet so interwined gentically with our ancestors. Their presence runs deeply within us.
I'm not really sure of the true terminology of Geechie means so if anyone want's to help educate me, consider me your student.
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Comment by George Geder on June 4, 2011 at 9:07pm
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Go and rent the DVD "Daughters of The Dust" by Julie Dash.
Peace & Blessings,
"Guided by the Ancestors"
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Comment by JC Flynt on October 9, 2010 at 11:02am
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Another thought: If you have high cheekbones and reddish brown skin, there may also be a possibility of Cherokee or Creek in your line ;) It's where the high cheekbones in our family come from also and the darker skin on some of us (I'm extremely pale compared to my sisters...I spend too much time inside LOL!).
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Geeche is a Gullah (African) dialect that is common to the Charleston, SC area. Today, it's a bit of a mix of Gullah, southern, and really fast instead of slow. My sisters and I used to speak it when we were young. Eastern Georgia and South Carolina are very connected in their history and movement of people back and forth. Most likely, though your father/grandfather may have been from Georgia, they also probably have family or strong connections to South Carolina and the Charleston area...especially if the term Geeche is being used.
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