What's in a name? A lot for those who change theirs
by By Leslie Mann, Chicago Tribune
Sep 08, 2017
3 minutes
Before Christopher Frank of Niagara Falls, N.Y., researched his family tree, he knew his ancestors did not immigrate here by choice. "They were slaves who were shipped here from Africa," he said, "and recorded as cargo, along with livestock and barrels of rum."
Sure enough, Frank learned the DNA on his mom's side matches the DNA of members of the Tikar Tribe in Cameroon. He already knew the links on his dad's side, thanks to a memoir
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