Ancestry

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February 24, 2012

Blair Underwood talks tracing his African roots and 'Streetcar' role

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January 19, 2012

Is your baby's name a reflection on you?

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January 18, 2012

Henry Louis Gates Jr. still hunting for great-great grandfather

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October 7, 2011

Slave descendants fight to stay in Cherokee tribe

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October 3, 2011

Judge tosses 1 of 2 suits over Cherokee freedmen

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September 19, 2011

New Va. database helps trace slave descendants

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September 15, 2011

Cherokee Nation refuses US demand to reinstate black 'freedmen'

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August 29, 2011

Is the Cherokee Nation cutting off its black roots?

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August 26, 2011

Second-largest Native American tribe expels slave descendants

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August 11, 2011

Free genetic testing: A blueprint for saving black lives?

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July 8, 2011

Why we remain fascinated with Obama's father

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July 7, 2011

Author: Obama's father planned to give him up for adoption

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June 14, 2011

Cain runs away from his African roots in GOP race

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May 24, 2011

Why the Irish embraced Obama as their own

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May 23, 2011

Obama returns to his ancestral roots in Ireland

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February 21, 2011

Washington: the ‘blackest name’ in America

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February 2, 2011

Atlanta family’s roots get tangled up in Africa

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August 25, 2010

Hitler 'had Jewish, African roots', DNA tests show

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February 25, 2010

Caribbeans urged to write in ancestry on Census

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December 15, 2009

President Obama related to Warren Buffett?

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