![Jay Speights, an interfaith leader who lives in Rockville, Md., made an accidental discovery last year: He is an African prince.](https://ibw21.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/im-a-prince-after-years-of-searching-for-family-history-a-pastor-discovers-royal-ties-to-africa-0-910x512.jpg)
‘I’m a prince’: After years of searching for family history, a pastor discovers royal ties to Africa
By Marissa J. Lang, The Washington Post — It was about 4 a.m. when his phone buzzed with a message from far away. He read it once, twice, three times before he woke his sleeping wife to tell her the news. “I’m a prince,” he whispered as she blinked herself awake. “A prince.” Jay Speights, an interfaith pastor from Rockville, Md., could hardly believe the words as he formed them…