about the author
David A. Geiger
David A. Geiger is an author and researcher dedicated to preserving African American genealogy and family history through documented evidence and lived experience.
His work focuses on restoring fragmented lineage and honoring ancestors whose stories were buried or forgotten. Through careful research and historical context, David connects personal family history to the broader African American experience in the United States.
David A. Geiger
about the book
Our Fragmented Family Tree
Our Fragmented Family Tree examines how slavery, segregation, and systemic injustice fractured African American family lineages and erased historical records. Through documented research and personal narrative, the book traces ancestry across generations, reconnecting lost stories to the present.
Grounded in census records, death certificates, military files, DNA ethnicity estimates, and oral family history, this work preserves truth that history left incomplete.
A Gift for Future Family
Why This Book Was Written
This book was written because too many African American family histories were disrupted, erased, or left unfinished.
Our Fragmented Family Tree exists to reclaim ancestral truth, honor those who came before, and ensure future generations are not left searching for identity without guidance.
Read the Latest Posts From David
Follow David A. Geiger as he shares personal research insights, challenges of ancestral recovery, and reflections on the power of truth.
What a U.S. Marine’s Family History Reveals About the Business of Legacy and the Silence of the American Story
Some books arrive with a whisper. Others show up with a purpose.
David A. Geiger’s Our Fragmented Family Tree, Broken Roots, and Buried Truth in the World We Live In lands somewhere between a personal testimony and a historical correction. It doesn’t ask politely for your attention. It earns it, page by page.
Uncovering the Geiger Legacy: A Chronicle of Truth, Identity, and American Silence
Ancestry is often traced through sleek DNA kits and polished family trees, but David A. Geiger took a different path. His new book, Our Fragmented Family Tree, Broken Roots, and Buried Truth in the World We Live In, is less a memoir and more a seismic excavation. What begins as a personal search for identity turns into a piercing cultural audit, touching every fault line that still runs through Black America.