Washington, D.C
‘I Think We Might Be Cousins’: Two Families Uncover Their Shared Family History
Two D.C. educators named Jason Inexperienced share greater than the identical identify. Each have a thirst to show the following era, and it wasn’t till lately that they discovered that each their household’s historical past may very well be traced again to Quince Orchard in 1868.
It was a family-reunion nearly a decade within the making. Each Jason Greens are in training, African-American and dwell in D.C. In addition they spell their identify the identical approach.
All these similarities made them need to dig a bit deeper. Their story begins in Quince Orchard, a small city close to Gaithersburg, Maryland.
The pair’s great-great, great-grandparents, Melinda and Gary Inexperienced had been previously enslaved. The couple then gained their freedom and constructed a thriving neighborhood in Quince Orchard, together with an training heart.
For this yr’s Thanksgiving, the Inexperienced cousins introduced their distant households to the place it began, and discovered about their historical past.
“We have now to know the place we come from and us as Black individuals, we don’t know as a result of our households have been so disjointed,” Kiya Inexperienced stated.
The hope for the long run is to proceed educating and preserving the land that their ancestors labored exhausting to cross all the way down to future era.
“We’re attempting to construct a neighborhood right here the place all of us can provide significance and belonging,” Jason Inexperienced stated.