User:EvKnight13

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Me, circa 2003
Me, circa 2003

I, Evans Knight, (born January 13, 1987 in Shreveport, Louisiana) am a university student. I am adopted, and am biologically of Dutch, Swedish, Swiss, English, German, Scottish, Irish, French, Creole, Choctaw, Cherokee and African descent. Since 1999, I have lived in Los Angeles, California with my family, where I attended The Buckley School. I am now a sophomore at the University of Southern California.

My greatest passion is life is for genealogy, especially my own. Some of my proudest discoveries in the research of my heritage are that I am descended of Nancy Ward, Colonel Thomas Horton and Randle T. Moore, as well as the Houses of Zähringen, Capet, Burgundy, Savoy, Stuart and Plantagenet (the latter through Thomas of Woodstock, the youngest son of King Edward III). I also consider myself to be a member of the Melungeon people. An interesting tidbit is that I have calculated the present Queen of England, Her Majesty Elizabeth II is my 18th cousin twice removed. I am also indirectly related to the the late Diana Spencer (through the de Brienne family), Alexander Hamilton, Daniel Boone and, through the Biddle family of Philadelphia, Nick Biddle, the frontman of Los Angeles based band, The Naturals. My Great-great-great-grandfather John Wallace Jones was the 13th Mayor of Shreveport. In addition, another great-great-great grandfather's younger brother was Nathan George Evans, a Brigadier General of the CSA during the War Between the States.

A portrait of my ancestress, Nancy Ward, as drawn by George Catlin.
A portrait of my ancestress, Nancy Ward, as drawn by George Catlin.
I, ParkerHiggins, hereby grant you this Minor Barnstar for your diligent editing, however small each may be. Good Work!
I, ParkerHiggins, hereby grant you this Minor Barnstar for your diligent editing, however small each may be. Good Work!

Presently, I am attending the University of Southern California as a sophomore. I was accepted into the College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, as a member of the inaugural College Honors Program, and I am currently pursuing a major in Anthropology. While I do not have to choose a field of specialization until next year, I am interested in studying the position and importance of courtesans and tawaifs in 17th and 18th Century India.

Another field of study that I would like to tackle is the Ottoman Empire. Not the whole empire, specifically, but the idea of one great political power ruling over such a culturally and linguistically varied people. I am especially interested in the migration of the Sephardic Jews from Spain to Turkey, and the subsequent use and evolution of the Djudeo-Espanyol language in the Ottoman Empire.

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