And the women. I know that my great-grandfather's sister never got married, but had a son. That son was the father of a great baseball player of the 1940s and 1950s. I also know about all the men in the family who fathered black children, even one who told the census taker he was black. I have a photo of him and his wife, and he was as white as I am. One of my father's 1st cousins is rumored to have had a black child. I haven't found proof or where that child ended up. He would be pretty old by now.
And the women. I know that my great-grandfather's sister never got married, but had a son. That son was the father of a great baseball player of the 1940s and 1950s. I also know about all the men in the family who fathered black children, even one who told the census taker he was black. I have a photo of him and his wife, and he was as white as I am. One of my father's 1st cousins is rumored to have had a black child. I haven't found proof or where that child ended up. He would be pretty old by now.