Samantha Ancona Esselmann

ORCID: 0009-0001-0169-8899
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Research Areas
  • Race, Genetics, and Society
  • Forensic and Genetic Research
  • Genetic diversity and population structure

23andMe (United States)
2023

Few African Americans have been able to trace family lineages back ancestors who died before the 1870 United States Census, first in which all Black people were listed by name. We analyzed 27 individuals from Maryland’s Catoctin Furnace American Cemetery (1774–1850), identifying 41,799 genetic relatives among consenting research participants 23andMe, Inc.’s database. One of highest concentrations close is Maryland, suggesting that descendants remain area. find many derived ancestry Wolof or...

10.1126/science.ade4995 article EN Science 2023-08-04
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