Researchers have connected the DNA from enslaved individuals buried in a Maryland village to nearly 42,000 present-day descendants. In 1979, workers expanding a Maryland highway came across a forgotten cemetery containing the bodies of enslaved people from the 1800s. They lived in what is known as Catoctin Furnace, a former ironworking village. About 30 bodies …
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A Landmark Study Opens a New Possible Way for Black Americans to Trace Their Ancestry
Researchers have connected the DNA from enslaved individuals buried in a Maryland village to nearly 42,000 present-day descendants. In 1979, workers expanding a Maryland highway came across a forgotten cemetery containing the bodies of enslaved people from the 1800s. They lived in what is known as Catoctin Furnace, a former ironworking village. About 30 bodies …
A Landmark Study Opens a New Possible Way for Black Americans to Trace Their Ancestry
Researchers have connected the DNA from enslaved individuals buried in a Maryland village to nearly 42,000 present-day descendants. In 1979, workers expanding a Maryland highway came across a forgotten cemetery containing the bodies of enslaved people from the 1800s. They lived in what is known as Catoctin Furnace, a former ironworking village. About 30 bodies …