Family Tree
Seven generations of the Sanders-King family, from 1815 Alabama to present-day New York. Click any person to expand their details.
Enslaved ancestor
DNA-confirmed relative
Generation 1
◆Subject(1)Barklee Sanders
b. 1994New York
ConfirmedBiologicalLiving
Generation 2
◆Parents(2)Clarence D. Sanders Jr.
1952 -- 2025Ocala, Florida
ConfirmedBiological
Catherine Mary Sullivan Sanders
Living
ConfirmedBiologicalLiving
Generation 3
◆Grandparents(1)Gloria A. King
b. 1936Florida
ConfirmedProbableLiving
Generation 4
◆Great-Grandparents(4)Ebo 'Buster' King
1895 -- 1985Kendrick, Florida
ProbableBiological
Lizzie Finley
1905 -- 1968Florida
ProbableBiological
Clarence Sr. (Westfield candidate)
1934 -- 2025
UnconfirmedHypothetical
Lucile Johnson Sanders
1936 -- 2021
ProbableBiological
Generation 5
◆2x Great-Grandparents(2)Samuel Z. King
1868 -- 1968Florida
ConfirmedBiological
Martha Johnson King
1875 -- between 1900 and 1910Florida
ConfirmedBiological
Generation 6
◆3x Great-Grandparents(2)James King
1843 -- after 1900South Carolina
ConfirmedBiologicalEnslaved
Ellen King
1853 -- ?South Carolina
ConfirmedBiologicalEnslaved
Generation 7
◆4x Great-Grandparents(2)Charles King
1815 -- after 1870Alabama
ProbableHypotheticalEnslaved
Julia King
1820 -- after 1870Alabama
ProbableHypotheticalEnslaved