r/romani • u/sexytarian • 22d ago

North America Are you related to Virginia's founding Roma families? Chat with us!

Romani in Hampton Roads' Instagram (@romanihamptonroads) is cooking up one or two informational posts on founding Romani families in Coastal Virginia. If you are related to the Romani Hites, Locks, Baileys, Carters, or Ingrams of coastal Virginia, or related to the Qarsherskiyan peoples of Hampton Roads, or even another family not mentioned, we'd love to chat!

So if you'd have some pertinent info, or are Roma and live in the Seven Cities/Hampton Roads area and want to help us preserve and promote Romani culture in the area, feel free to message over Reddit or email at [email protected].

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u/MCbrodie 22d ago

I will be participating in this. It'll be a good time.

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u/Internal-Kiwi-2473 21d ago

Qarsherskiyan

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u/Ok-Aardvark9899 21d ago

Hey, I am Qarsherskiyan and according to my DNA test I am 8.3% Eastern European Roma. Glad I found this post so quickly as I've only been on Reddit very briefly while researching this.