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Article: African roots discovered with DNA tests
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- August 22, 2004
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African roots discovered with DNA tests
Former U.S. ambassador Young traces his lineage with ancestry
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By SHELIA M. POOLE Cox News Service
Sunday, August 22, 2004
Atlanta - Andrew Young has been a "man of Africa" for more than
three decades.
But the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations finally has
discovered the roots of his ties to the continent.
Using DNA, the 72-year-old civil rights leader was able to trace
his maternal lineage to present-day Sierra Leone and the Mende ethnic
group.
The tests were conducted by Washington, D.C.-based African
Ancestry Inc., which has one of the most extensive indigenous African
lineage databases in the world.
"I have been going to Africa now ...