French Ancestry

I am from Mississippi and last name my great grandmother was French. My grandmother herself is a bit lightskin. I know there were many French in Mississippi for many years, does that mean I could have French ancestry?

It is possible, but you are more likely Cajun Ancestry. Are parents of Louisiana? Which cities in Mississippi your ancestors live? Check out this site, I think it may help a bit. . .
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localSearch.php?searchStr=+Enter+a+community+name&parseMethod=phrase&state=25&submit=Search

To return to what has already been told your questions before. borders on the Mississippi in Louisiana.
Without doubt, there are black people in Mississippi, whose direct ancestors male line were in Louisiana at the time of slavery and the direct male line ancestors took the name of their French slave owners. Therefore, they may or may not have French ancestry. They do not have French ancestry, but they can have French ancestry. The French in Louisiana had owned plantations and slaves.
When you drive west to eastern Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia always try to fill with gasoline in Texas or Louisiana. They are oil producers and their essence is usually much cheaper. It will not take you long to cross the Mississippi and Alabama. You will find yourself in Georgia with plenty of gas left.

The French settled in New Orleans in the late 1600s. French Canadians called Arcadians or locally, they are called Cajuns. They had plantations and slaves. The descendants of slave owners and slaves were not always just stayed in Louisiana, but found themselves in neighboring states.

Yes, Ted deserves 10 points for his research on the 1860 census of Louisiana giving you the names of some slave owners named Pierre. It does not rise to the Thibodeaux.
Who decides Tibbeedough. Believe me, I do not think any of them were Swedish. Some people call the marshes if Irish

Surnames that are themselves proof of ancestry poor. In the genealogy of you trace your ancestors, starting with yourself and working backwards one generation at a time. You're not too involved in the origin of a name. It does not matter if you're white or black.

Yes you can. Only research will tell, though. Your grandmother's ancestors were probably owned by a person of French descent, he joked with his slaves is another question.

When will you give me my 10 points to find all the Stones who owned slaves, and apologize to the people you insulted?

Maybe. Then, slavery ended, many took the names of previous owners and had no blood relationship. However, you should be able to draw G-grandmother. From what you wrote, it may have been the Creole, and perhaps come to a well-known Creole families in Mississippi or Louisiana.

Instead of wondering or guessing, let's see if we can find for sure. If you post some details about your grandmother (her maiden name and married, when and where she was born and died, other information), let's take a look at some census records and other things and see what we can learn more about her and her ancestors. There are many genealogists here with nothing else to do on Friday night. Let us help you.

If your ancestors were slaves end, they usually adopted the name of the owner of the plantation.

Probably not. Most likely, it means that your ancestors were owned by French slave owners.

Duh! Undoubtedly.