There are a few companies that offer DNA tests where they actually map out your DNA makeup and they will tell you how your ethnic make up breaks down and where you originated from so to speak.They run a couple hundred dollars though but worth I reckon to know what you are really made of.
There is a show on PBS where they take a person of fame and research thier history at the end of the show they show the results of the DNA test which is interesting because it of course goes back much further than written data can.TLC has a rip off show doing the same thing.
The show is called "Finding Your Roots" very interesting on one they talked to a few black men who of course like many black Americans the family history is hard to trace.The DNA tests where interesting some had been told they had native blood in fact they had none another had relatives a few generations back that where white on one side of the family he had no idea of this.
In another show Martha Stewart found out there her distant ancestors originated in Syria of courses that is so far back there is no way to know more beyond that basic information.
The DNA test is able to traces your haplogroups.It is an interesting idea of course you would still have to research your history to know who was who and that is the tricky part what is true and what is not.
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