I HAVE BEEN PRIVY TO MANY INTERESTING FAMILY GATHERINGS AS PER THE ORIGIN OF THE BPTISTE FAMILY.
WELL HISTORY HAS IT THAT MORE LESS ITS OF FRENCH ORIGIN. THAT IN ITSELF IS NOT IN DISPUTE BUT COLONIALISM DID SCATTTERED US OR RATHER "CRISTENED" US YET STILL ITS KEY THAT WE BEGIN TO ESTABLISH THIS IMPORTANT HERITAGE LINK.

Am FROM DOMINICA - THE NATURE ISLE OF THE WORLD.IF AM NOT MISTAKEN MY FATHER THE LEGENDARY THOMAS C BAPTISTE ( A GREAT DOMINICAN)TOLD US THAT SOME TWO BAPTISTE BROTHERS CAME TO DOMINICA FROM ST MARTIN.. ONE WENT SOUTH AND THE OTHER REMAINED IN DOMINICA. HE WAS MY GREAT GRAND FATHER HYPOLYTE BAPTISTE WHO FATHERED MY GRAND FATHER PETER FELIX PEDRO BAPTISTE. HOWEVER WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT HYPOLYTE DIED IN SANTO DOMINGO( DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)HIS MOTHER HOWEVER WAS A MARLINE( SURNAME)FROM ST MARTIN.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GATHER WHERE PRECISLEY THAT OTHER BROTHER WENT TO ( I.E WHICH OF THE ISLAND OF THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN FROM DOMINICA).INTERESTINGLY MY GRAND FATHER DID ALOT OF TRAVELLING AND WAS TRI-LINGUAL SPOKE FLUENT SPANISH/"PABLIMENTO", FRENCH PATOIS AND ENGLISH ETC. HE SAILED THE WORLD OVER TRAVELLED TO ALL THE CONTINENTS AND WAS A MASTER CHEF.HE ALSO REPORTED OF RELATIVES IN ARUBA , BONAIRE AND CURACAO ETC.
THERE IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY THAT WITH SOME EFFORT SOME LINK COULD BE ESTABLISHED TO PUT THE MANY BITS AND PIECES TOGETHER . AT THE END OF THE DAY ...THE GENES WILL SPEAK VOLUMES. MY GRAND FATHER HAD RATHER BUSHY EYE BROWS AND WAS ON THE LIGHTER SIDE OF BLACK ( THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN DUE TO THE FACT THAT HIS DOMINICAN MUM WAS VERY FAIR-SKINNED), MEDIUM HEIGHT AND EXCESSIVELY TALKATIVE WITH A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR.MY GREAT GRAND MOTHER BY FATHER WAS ELIZABETH LEWIS( MA SAY-SAY)WHO ORIGINATED FROM LA PLAINE IN DOMINICA.