GENEALOGY

  My paternal line is directly connected and descended from this brave slave. Am proud of my diverse ancestry! Me  → Adv. Noel Justin van Rensburg (your father)→ Norman Noel van Rensburg (his father) → Jack van Rensburg (his father) → Herculina Magdalena de Kock (his sister) → Johannes 'Jaap' Jacob Kritzinger de Kock, f6g6 (her son) → Kate de Kock (his wife) → Catharina Wilhelmina Snyman (her mother) → Hendrik Frederik Kromhout (her father) → Petrus Johannes Kromhout, b8c8 (his father) → Frederik Hendrik Kromhout (his father) → Sara Magdalena Janse, SM (his mother)→ Sara van Gijselen, SM (her mother) → 'Maaij' Claesje van Angola (her mother) Claasje van Angola, SM/PROG    MP   Gender: Female Birth: 1645 Seized from Portuguese slave ship by the 'Amersfoort' in the Gulf of Guinea, possibly Angola Death: before December 31, 1732 Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa Immediate Family: Partner of  Willem van Wyk  and  Leendert Jansz van Gijselen, ...

  The following post is inspired by a brief interview given by Elon Musk's father Errol to Sky News. During the interview eugenics is eluded to and a comparison made with the breeding of horses. In short breeding English thoroughbreds with 'old Nigerian' horses drives this point home with overtones of racism. If one is to pursue the principles of eugenics and alarming parallels with the 'Aryan race' goals of the Third Reich, perhaps it wise to keep in mind that we are by nature of globalization over the past two centuries, peoples of diversity. The Musks are no exception and the intention of the links (below) to documentation and GENI reference, illustrate that diversity is integral to the fabric that has created one of the greatest geniuses of the modern era. Perhaps, the outcome of supreme human achievement can have humble, somewhat insignificant beginnings.  I am distantly related to Elon Musk via his father's South African line. He has significant South Afri...