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Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
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Genetic genealogy -- United States
Race -- Biography.
United States -- Genealogy
United States -- Biography.
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Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
Genetic genealogy -- United States
Race -- Biography.
United States -- Genealogy
United States -- Biography.
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Faces of America : how 12 extraordinary people discovered their pasts / Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
New York University Press, c2010.
Call #:
920
.073
G259f
Subjects
Genetic genealogy -- United States
Race -- Biography.
United States -- Genealogy
United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780814732649
081473264X
Description:
x, 278 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
"Based on PBS television series Faces of America hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr."--Cover.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Since 2007, the Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., has been helping African Americans find long-buried details about their ancestors by researching their family trees and then, when the paper trail ends, by analyzing their DNA and marrying that information to a wealth of historical data. Now, in Faces of America, Gates explores the family trees of twelve of America's most recognizable and extraordinary citizens, individuals who learn that they are of Asian, English, French, German, Irish, Italian, Jamaican, Jewish, Latino, Native American, Swiss, and Syrian ancestry: Inaugural poet Elizabeth Alexander, chef Mario Batali, comedian and television personality Stephen Colbert, writer Louise Erdrich, writer Malcolm Gladwell, actress Eva Longoria, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, writer and director Mike Nichols, former monarch of Jordan Queen Noor, surgeon and author Dr. Mehmet Oz, actress Meryl Streep, and Olympic gold medalist and figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi."--From publisher.
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