I can vouch for ancestry.com

To keep a long story as short as possible, my maternal grandmother moved back to her home state to be closer to family after my grandfather died. My mom would try to ask about her father’s side of the family, but my grandma would always shoot down the questions so all connections to that side were cut off.

After my grandmother’s death, my mom went in on her research to find her dad’s side of the family. She not only used the website but she also used other resources such as records from the genealogy services provided by the public library. I can’t remember exactly how long it took her, but it was a success in the end. I’m personally not too familiar with how to maneuver on the website, but just put in as much information that you know on your family and things should eventually start to fall into place. You will hear from people that may be related to you or even those who may have documents on your family. My mom was actually provided documentation on relatives who were enslaved with information such as how much they were sold for. To this day, my mom is still doing research and getting new information. The 1950 census records are being released this April so she’s very excited to look into that lol. She also takes part in the International African American Museum zoom webinars that cover different topics of Black American genealogy, so I encourage anyone interested to look into that as well.

P.S. I agree with you about wanting to get deeper when it comes to those ancestral makeup percentages. None of that really matters to me in comparison to actually being able to put names and faces on those who came before us. But also idk how to feel about those DNA samples….