Woman uses DNA test to trace her roots back to Africa

A Milwaukee woman took a DNA test to trace her roots back to her African lineage. The journey was more than her family expanding.

For many Black Americans, this is where their family ancestry begins... In the South somewhere, and some are only able to go back four generations.

On the airwaves, Element Everest-Blanks connects the community to the culture at HY-FIN radio. As a connector, she felt somewhat disconnected when it came to knowing her African roots.

"My family's from Detroit, but we're from Georgia, we're from Mississippi, we're from down south. I mean, we've all migrated up here. But beyond that, I just knew my mother was a strong Black woman," said Everest-Blanks.

For Americans who are descendants of enslaved Africans, many have no idea of where their lineage begins before 1863. That's when President Lincoln declared the Emancipation Proclamation - abolishing slavery in the United States.


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