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In ‘Benjamin Banneker and Us,’ Author Discovers Hidden Black Ancestry

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Americans are discovering family secrets every day thanks to DNA testing and online genealogy. But not everyone learns they have a luminary of Black American history as an ancestor.

Source: News | WTTW Chicago

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