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Henry Louis Gates looked back on helping Kerry Washington discover her dad is not her biological father and identifying the sperm donor who is.

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LONDON — Like examining the growth rings of an ancient tree, scientists have developed a new way to analyze the “twigs” of human genetic family trees, revealing previously hidden patterns of migration ...

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