The first family record is planted
The founding corpus now connects family recollections, sources and open questions. Private descendants and unresolved dates remain protected.
Daddy, this is what I found · A living family archive
Our Okelarin story, piece by piece.
I’ve brought the family, places, photographs and clues together here for you.
Some connections come from our family record. Others are clues I found and have kept separate until we know where, or whether, they belong. Nothing uncertain needs to be forced into the tree.
I recognise a nameThis person is my relativeMy branch is missingI know where this family is fromI have a photo/documentAsk me questions
Piece by piece, together.
12connected people
25public clues waiting to be connected
105open questions
1possible branches
33sources found
25 clues waiting for someone to recognise them. Connected people counts recorded tree links, including labelled family recollections; it does not imply that every relationship is independently confirmed. Source totals count distinct references, and clue totals count records, not unique people.
Family contributions are received privately. A reviewed public total is not available yet.
Family memory, carefully heldEvidence beside every claimA place for the unanswered
Begin somewhere familiar
Find your way into the story.
01 / Family memory
The letter writer
A trader, a letter writer, a life remembered. Begin with Joshua’s story.
02 / Name & belongingWhat’s in our name?
Language offers a starting point. Our family history is still being pieced together.
03 / An open questionA thread leading to Imota
Historical names, a church, a chieftaincy. A possible connection, still unproven.
Daddy’s story
Your memories.
Our family’s record.
An ordinary question can unlock an extraordinary memory.
Daddy, your memories are the heart of this archive. I want to preserve the people, places and moments you remember so the generations after us can come back to them.
Open Dad Mode →See your pageThe archive is growing
Small additions. Lasting connections.
An invitation to remember
Research begins with Giwa, Joshua, the Okelarin name and the unproven Imota connection.
There is room for your branch
You may hold the piece
we’re looking for.
A nickname. A face. A place. A story only you remember.
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