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DNA tests help Black Americans trace roots to West Africa
Emmett Carson, adopted in Minnesota, uses the African Ancestry test his wife gave him for $350 to locate maternal lineage spanning the Mende of Sierra Leone and the Hausa and Yoruba of Nigeria. His wife Jacqueline Copeland-Carson learns she descends from the Tikari of Cameroon. Researchers note growing demand as DNA moves from forensics to personal heritage.
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Minneapolis
Emmett Carson
West Africa
Ireland
Italy
Carson
Sierra Leone
Copeland-Carson
Washington, D.C
Alex Haley
Minneapolis Foundation
Nigeria
Mende
Cinque
Amistad
Steven Spielberg
Copeland- Carson
University of Pennsylvania
Cameroon
Kimberly Simmons
University of South Carolina
Emmett
Jacqueline Carson
Edina, Minn