Uncovering the roots: How African Americans are tracing their lineage using DNA

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Uncovering the roots: How African Americans are tracing their lineage using DNA

By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer,Report for America Corps Member, msayle@safro.com Founded in 2003 by Dr. Rick Kittles and Gina Paige, African Ancestry is the largest database of African maternal […]

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