Last year I explained how, after doubting my cousin Peanut’s claim that we were related to Marie Laveau the Voodoo Queen, I had to eat some crow. While digging into my ancestry, there it was. Marie Adele Laveau was our great-great-great grandma. At first, I was over the moon ecstatic. I excitedly told Peanut she… Continue reading Marie Laveau isn’t my 3rd great grandma (but we are related)
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Am I related to Marie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen?
Several years back, my cousin, who I call Peanut, sent me a Facebook message with incredible news. And I don’t mean incredible in a good way but in a “Yeah, right” unbelievable one. She’d recently gotten into genealogy and thought she’d discovered that we were related to Marie Laveau. Uh huh. Sure. Thanks to Haunt… Continue reading Am I related to Marie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen?