In a message dated 1/23/07 9:22:43 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:


> A very interesting program on Oprah Winfrey's ancestry will be aired at 
> 8:00
> pm EST tomorrow night (Wednesday) on PBS. According to the Winchester Star,
> Jane Ailes (a member of this List) did the research for the program that was
> developed by H. Louis Gates, Jr. of Harvard University. It was stated in the
> newspaper that neither the Gates nor Winfreys mentioned nor discussed
> slavery in their families, and probable causes are given for the silence.
> Sounds like this program will have some surprises that will be of interest
> to members of this List. Here is a URL for the article.
> 
> http://www.winchesterstar.com/TheWinchesterStar/070123/Life_roots.asp
> 
> Wilmer L. Kerns
> 
> 

Dear Wilmer:

I couldn't open up your link as it requires a login password.   Is this the 
African Lives program that appeared this past Feb. highlighting the geneaology 
of 8 prominent black Americans?   It so, it was pretty fascinating the results 
that they came up with and several people had a few surprising twists when 
their DNA was analyzed.  I think the emphasis of the program was more on 
geneaology per se than the slavery connection but the geneaology discussed is on the 
level of a nongeneaologist who knows nothing.    Someone with more 
sophisticated geneaology skills will feel somewhat "less full" with the explanations that 
are given in the program.   Still the presentation and the stories being told 
keep your interest.

Anita L. Henderson

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