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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With DNA testing now, black Americans no longer need trot out the "I'll never know where I come from!!" sob story.[/quote] Knowing the geographical areas your ancestors came from isn't the same thing as knowing where and when they were born, their names, etc. In some cases this information can be found - slaveowners did keep fairly close tabs - but not always, and not without a lot more digging. And AA families have the additional burden of having to know which family owned their ancestors. It's just one more thing to track in a field that's already kind of tricky.[/quote] *yawn* Adopted children of all backgrounds are in the same boat. [/quote] You take great pride in missing the point. And only children in closed adoptions are in that boat, and even then sometimes info can be made available. For many AA families, it's gone.[/quote]
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