Techno-Ethno Genealogy: An African Ancestry Narrative in the Digital Age

Genealogy

Chandler, Mario¹ 

[1] Department of Foreign Languages, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, GA 30319, USA

关键词: Africa;    Ancestry;    black;    Diaspora;    DNA;    genealogy;    genetics;    narrative;    slavery;    technology;   

DOI  :  10.3390/genealogy2030032

学科分类：分子生物学，细胞生物学和基因

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

This article explores ways in which advances in genetic testing have both facilitated and democratized genealogical research for individuals in search of their “roots” or ethnic heritage. These advances coincide with the quests of people of African descent to pinpoint their precise origins and ethnic backgrounds in Africa, revelations that have been denied to many African descendants in the diaspora from slavery times to the present. Genetics and DNA as the “great truth teller”, however, frequently yield results that go contrary to expectations. In this article, the author explores at a personal level the tensions that the “Genetic Revolution” produces between biology and society.

【 授权许可】

CC BY