Bridging the Gap

by Susan Hutchison In August of 2010 I traveled from relatively cool and mossy Seattle to the humid, cricket-buzzing heat of southeastern Mississippi for a family reunion I will never forget. I am white, and this was a black family reunion. No, I was not marrying into...

Unexpected Cousins

By Dionne Ford When Sheila Reed Findlay used DNA testing to help her trace her family tree, she didn’t expect to learn that she was a biological match to a Virginia family that was white. Findlay, a 62 year-old teacher from Queens, N.Y. is African American. She has...

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