Uncovering The Genetic Roots Of African-Americans

250120 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are owner. Many African-Americans have struggled to trace their family trees, thanks in part to the lack of documentation kept for generations of slaves. But new genetic techniques, drawing information from the most genetically diverse group of humans on Earth, are allowing them to get a glimpse of that stolen heritage. See geneticists Catherine Ball and Brenna Henn in discussion with moderator and broadcast journalist Randall Pinkston in this selection from "It's All Relatives," a program of the 2014 World Science Festival.

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Original Program Date: May 29, 2014

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