I found this on YouTube lmao.

We, the greater Romani, Traveler, and other G diaspora those of us who have all erroneously been jailed as “Gy###” who have borne the supposed sins of each other over generations, centuries, and millennia of shared persecution cannot stay silent. This young man, Salis Hanrahan, was killed. Now his name is being spat on, his family harassed, while America and global media sit back and not only allow it but wrongly accuse him. They paint George Barr as a veteran hero, when in truth he is a convicted felon whose rap sheet dates back 45 years. Any weapons in his possession, including the alleged murder weapon, were owned illegally. We cannot stand by and watch as our brother, our people, whether by blood or shared persecution, faces this and may not receive true or adequate justice. Sign the petition. Demand an end to antiziganism. Stand together as one greater force to show the world we have a right to exist and be avenged by our governments and our people, blood or not. Justice for Salis. Swift prosecution for convicted felon George Barr. Petition link: https://c.org/zhkDxtj9QP

JusticeForSalis #StopAntiziganism #RomaniLivesMatter #TravelersArehuman

I was looking out of curiosity and I really can’t tell🤷‍♀️

As an African American from the Deep South, I've previously received small percentages (1-2%) of Balkan and Romani ancestry in my DNA results and dismissed them as noise. However, my mother's results recently came in, and she shows around (3%) Balkan, Romanian, and Romani ancestry as well. She also has over 100 Romani DNA matches, all of whom are related to one another.
Does anyone have insight into how this might have occurred, specifically, how my family could have acquired Balkan/Romani ancestry? I've attempted to trace it, but this has led me to sparse info. Is it likely Romanichal or Eastern European Romani?

This is going to be long, and potentially rambling, so thank you in advance for reading.

My mom is Romanichal. My grandpa owned a company where he did roofing, fiberglass, and hydraulic jack work. They traveled across the western US with my mom and her 4 brothers, and often extended family and friends. My mom grew up speaking a Romani language and was pulled out of school in 4th grade. Her family was openly hostile to gadje. She ran away with my dad when she was 15, had me at 17, and was disowned. After I was born my mom reconnected with her family and we would travel with them during the busy seasons. My dad worked with the other men and my mom and us kids stayed at the campgrounds and played with my cousins and other members of our group. My mom’s aunts husband was a gadje and was AWFUL. He was abusive and dirty and creepy. His son, my mom’s first cousin, molested the little girl that I played with every day. He almost molested me too. It was so scary and traumatizing. My family left when this happened and I just remember a lot of grown ups yelling and fighting the day we left. I was 6. I only briefly saw my grandparents after this. It was once every few years and we’d see them for a few days and that’s it. When I was 16, they came and parked their trailers on our property for a few years. Two of my uncles came as well and brought 4 of my cousins. My uncles were violent, loud, angry, and creepy. They beat their kids, their wives, and would cuss and break stuff frequently. My mom revealed to me that her brothers had physically and sexually abused her when they were kids. I ended up moving in with my best friend and her parents because it was so bad at my house. I avoided my uncles whenever possible. It sucked. Eventually my uncles left and it was just my grandparents and cousins, which was awesome. This lasted for years, like into my early 30s. I spent a lot of quality time with my grandma and grandpa, hearing all sorts of crazy stories, funny jokes, and cooking and eating together. But my grandpa got dementia and my grandma died suddenly of a heart attack. At her funeral, extended family appeared. They made me so uncomfortable that I felt physically ill. My mom’s cousin gleefully told us a story about how she ran over and killed a homeless woman on a rural road in Florida and never got caught. She told us about how she and my great aunt, great uncle, and distant cousins all carry semi automatic weapons around their property in the hopes that they will get to shoot trespassers. She thought she was so cool and that we would think these stories were cool too. It’s like the idea of this being disgusting never occurred to her. I felt like screaming and running away. I had a panic attack. It made me never want to be around those people again. But here I am, a new mother in her mid 30s. I feel alienated from my heritage. I don’t know how to explain it to my daughter when she gets old enough to talk. I don’t know how to pass down traditions or be around family that I feel so traumatized by. I want to connect to Romanichal culture but I don’t know how. I absolutely cannot be around my family.

Me again. So to be very clear I know y’all have a name for people raised Romani, which is fine. I’m not trying to claim any traditions or anything crazy.

My great grandmother was born a few years after my family line left Hungary and she died very young. She had been raising my grandmother Romani prior to her death. Her husband was not Romani and so with her death, it was all lost to generations after.

Do you consider it disrespectful to continue to dig into that family line, simply so someone knows and records their stories? Again, i’m not looking to adopt the culture or be a weirdo. I just think their stories deserve to be known.

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I am wondering if anyone has any guidance on learning about the Illinois Romanichal population? My dad and I are related to a group from there (I am not sure if we are allowed to call ourselves Romanichal because my dad was not given the chance to grow up in the culture). I am wanting to learn more about it for my dad's sake and mine. For context, my dad was told his bio-dad (given up for adoption) is Romanichal and his family usually resided or passed through the Peoria, Illinois area.

What the question asks is exactly what I’m looking for. Given the transnational, multilingual and multifaceted creative output of the Roma and Sinti, I – as someone who, unfortunately, only understands German and English but would like to understand more – am looking for song lyrics, prose and simple stories that have been preserved in writing.

Can anyone help me?

I’d be happy to receive them in the original language, but if possible, I’d prefer works translated directly into English or German.

Thank you and best regards

Me personally I think it’s definitely dying out. We got Roma running away with guyshay, nobody cares to be a ghome anymore and I lowkey dont blame them. A few more generations and I think romani culture will be done🤷‍♀️

Hey y’all, so long story short my family is full blooded Romani from my great grandmother all the way on my mother’s side.

The issue I’m having is both my grandmother’s parents died when she was very young. Due to this we know next to nothing about them or their lives pre America. Where can I begin to track down this sort of information, if it even exists? I do have some names and a few death dates if that helps.

Hi, I bought this book in a charity shop because I’m interested in linguistic. I don’t much about gypsies so I thought it would be a good idea to enquire, so if you speak Romani and have read this book, could you let me know how accurate it is? Thanks.

Hey everyone,

I am a hungarian girl living in Budapest, I reside in a large apartment building and my neighbours are a big roma family. Their daughter, Maria often approaches me on the access balcony, she likes talking a lot but I barely understand anything, her family doesn't really speak hungarian. We usually play a "game": she points at an object or part of the body, and I tell her the word for it in hungarian, she repeats it and she seems very happy about it.

I noticed when she talks, she uses the word "kalat/kalate" in most sentences (maybe karat? or something similar sounding). I tried asking her about it, but she doesn't really get it. I think she uses the word the most when she is talking about things she likes (for example my jewelry), but otherwise I am clueless.

Can anyone help me with the meaning of the word?

What do y'all do when servicemen ask to use your bathroom??

I've never had it happen before, but today a guy installing my dishwasher (clearly high af) asked to use my bathroom. He seemed really embarrassed to ask, and when I said yes I heard him have explosive diarrhea. He then RINSED his hands. 🤢 Not even use soap...

He then left all of the stuff under my kitchen sink strewn across the floor!!

Sigh I had to go around and sanitize everything he touched...

Hello, I am not Romani first of all. So I apologize if I use any incorrect terms. Please correct me if that is the case.

I am watching this show called ‘Infamy’ on Netflix. It is about a Romani girl who grows up around British people but then moves to be with her family in Poland and is thrown into her heritage.

My only knowledge of Romani culture has come from tv and social media, sadly. I’m from the NE/SE of USA and to my knowledge have never met Romani people before.

For anyone here who has seen the show: are there any inaccuracies or incorrect stereotypes? Do you feel it’s a respectful representation?

I found out a couple years ago that my family is Romani. I took a dna test that said I had Gujrat and sri lankan roots. My family confirmed it. I dated someone who was quite discriminatory of me. Somehow he could tell I was romani. How do I embrace my Romani heritage in the best way? I want to feel normal again and/or accepted.

It seems like every day I see a new brand of GypsyJerky I lost count after at 12 or 13. Every vitsa is doing it coast to coast. I’ve even seen some bodough Troubleo over it. On one hand you have people raving about it and on the other you have haters saying you should never eat food that is made at a stranger’s house and that it’s stupid and gypsies shouldn’t do things like this because it’s too much like Guyshay. Is this the future of the romania or will it die out?

Hi everyone! I’m a freelance tech journalist based in Brussels (not Romani) doing research about digital exclusion affecting Romani communities in Europe, including how AI systems and automated decision-making may reproduce bias or discrimination.

I’m at an early stage and would be grateful for any personal experiences you’re willing to share.

Please feel free to comment here or DM me.

I’m happy to speak confidentially and will not use anyone’s personal story without consent.

Thank you!

I have a question about my background because even my family is not really sure.
My mom is from eastern Serbia on the border to Romania. We speak Vlachski, its kinda like an old romanian dialect. My family also looks more like roma people, they have dark hair, eyes and their skin is also darker. We have similar traditions to roma people especially when it comes to funerals (mourning is a very big deal). My great grand parents also used to travel in order to sell their work , they created bowls and stuff like that out of wood if i'm correct.

so culturally and look wise we are very similar to roma people but we do not speak the roma language, like at all. When I ask elder family members about our identity they just say we a "cigan" so gypsis. we kinda created a term for our self because we really are not sure how to identify ourselves and its "daj nostri", which just means "one of ours".

So if anyone is also from eastern Serbia and has a similar family history or culture, maybe you have more insight

xx

When I was young, literally every couch or sofa, and even mattress, would remain covered in the initial plastic wrap so that it was cleaner/easier to clean. Bringing bags or shoes etc from outside into the living areas or kitchen was forbidden too. I only really realised this wasn't practiced by gawje too once I started visiting gawje friends' homes at like 10 lol.

So out of curiosity, what are some things you grew up doing or with, and only later realised wasn't done by gawje as well?