Possibly adopted names after the Freeing of the Slaves in the American Civil War perhaps.

@Triphid Slaves were given the names of the masters because they were property.
Through genetic testing some people descended from slaves are finally able to at least learn some general idea of the region and tribe within Africa they are from.

@BufftonBeotch In case you were unaware I do know quite a bit about the Slaves and Slavery in the U.S. fyi..
I may well be from Australia, born bred and raised BUT we do have a VERY comprehensive Education system here.

@Triphid Undoubtedly much better than the one in the USA.

All religions throughout human history ALWAYS believed they were on a Winning Streak BUT where are hey all now, decaying away on some long forgotten rubbish pile and the days will come when the same happens to all other religions, including the 3 Abrahamic ones as well.

@Triphid
.....and yet they keep winning.

@Sierra4 …and losing.

@yvilletom And, so it seems, they are losing at quite a regular rate given the latest Census and Poll results.

@Triphid Post those results and their source here and reason from them.

@yvilletom Sorry but I SEEM to get the impression that you may have lost the usage of your fingers all of a sudden OR the connections twixt brain, eyes, etc, has been severed, either temporarily or permanently.
If that be so, then my I remind you the we ARE using an invention known as the W.W.W. ( World Wide Web) and you can ACTUALLY research such things for yourself RATHER than expecting to be hand-fed some self-styled, self-appointed "lord and Master from the Feudal times of Old England.
Just out sheer curiosity here, does your wife/partner or what ever actually hand feed you as well per chance?

@Triphid Bye.

Too bad that won't make it go away.

@Betty The Greatest Nemesis of Religion is Knowledge.

@Triphid Not in a country that acknowledge "alternative facts".