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Bradshaw3

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4. They found African ancestry on both sides of her families

Reply to Boomerproud (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 05:18 PM

Feb 2021

On both sides it came from an ancestor about five or six generations back. It was an interesting show since Clint Black also had an African ancestor a few generations back. Of course we are all descendants from Africa going back far enough. I love Henry Louis Gates and his show.

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