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Using DNA to Identify Enslaved Ancestors

Name: Using DNA to Identify Enslaved Ancestors
Start: 2020-10-16T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2020-10-16T15:00:00-04:00
Location: Houston Public Library – Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research

16 October 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

Reconstructing the lineage of enslaved ancestors is a process that presents unique challenges, due to the involuntary separations that severed family ties and records that rarely identified the enslaved by surnames. Learn from nationally renowned guest speaker LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson to apply DNA standards to test results to establish genealogical proof of a genetic relationship.