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Addressing Misconceptions about People of African Descent using Genetic Genealogy to Find African Relatives

LaKisha Tawanda David

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People of African descent are using personal genomics services such as 23andMe and AncestryDNA to identify and interact with previously unknown African genetic relatives. In this commentary, I address criticisms and misconceptions while discussing the reasonableness of people of African descent being able to use autosomal genetic genealogy to find members of the ancestral family groups that their ancestors were taken from during or within a few generations before the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

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People of African descent are using personal genomics services such as 23andMe and AncestryDNA to identify and interact with previously unknown African genetic relatives. In this commentary, I address criticisms and misconceptions while discussing the reasonableness of people of African descent being able to use autosomal genetic genealogy to find members of the ancestral family groups that their ancestors were taken from during or within a few generations before the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

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People of African descent are using personal genomics services such as 23andMe and AncestryDNA to identify and interact with previously unknown African genetic relatives. In this commentary, I address criticisms and misconceptions while discussing the reasonableness of people of African descent being able to use autosomal genetic genealogy to find members of the ancestral family groups that their ancestors were taken from during or within a few generations before the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Key concepts: African descent, Genealogy, Identity by descent, Descent (aeronautics), Genetics, Genetic genealogy, Common descent, History

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