[Polybius]

More "white" Americans have a black slave ancestor than do "black" Americans.

Did you mean to say:

"More 'black' Americans have a white slave ancestor than do 'white' Americans"?

[muawiyah]

No, I said what I said because there was a tremendous shortage of "white" females during the earliest periods of re-settlement of the Americas. Besides which there was a very high maternal death rate. "Black" women filled in as best they could. We should be proud of them because without our ancient African mothers there would be no modern America worthy of the name.

If you have ancestors outside of New England who were here in the 16th century, or most of the 17th century, I guarantee you have some rather swarthy (black, actually) ancestors!

There is no shame in this.