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Article: Roots of the family tree: DNA tests offer hope for blacks researching African ancestry.
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- The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH)
- Article date:
- July 30, 2006
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Byline: Dennis Fiely
Jul. 30--History haunts black Americans. What they know about their past is slavery. What they don't know is their connection to ancestral homelands before the slave trade. Without records, family trees died with the forced migration across the Atlantic. A new hope to unearth roots is here: DNA testing. Genetic research, commonly used in forensics, has assumed a familial application. It might provide answers that traditional genealogical sleuthing has failed to uncover.
More than a dozen companies worldwide offer DNA testing to help people identify their heritage, said Rick Kittles, an Ohio State University geneticist. ...