Quander family

The Quander family is remembered in various places around Fairfax County, Virginia, including Quander Road, a road that passes through the Groveton CDP and the Belle Haven CDP
Quander
Current regionAmerica
Earlier spellingsQuandoe
Quando
Kwando
EtymologyAmkwandoh
Place of originFante Confederacy
FounderEgya Amkwandoh

The Quander family is believed to be the oldest documented African-American family that has come from African ancestry to present day America. Historians believe so because they cannot find any records of any other African-American family whose ancestry has been consistently kept and published.

The Quanders are from the Fanti tribe of the Akan peoples. Their origins began in Ghana, and now the majority resides in either Maryland or Virginia/Washington DC[1] and more recently parts of Pennsylvania.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Roots was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cox, Tony (August 5, 2010). "Quander Family Returns to Roots for 85th Reunion". NPR. Retrieved January 8, 2020. Transcript of NPR interview