ancestry
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As the embryo developed, the DNA Typewriter remained embedded in the genetic material of its cells, recording their divisions in a way that could later be used to reconstruct their ancestry.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
In 2008, during a concert at the Cardiff International Arena, Parton reportedly revealed her Welsh ancestry to fans in the crowd.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Sickle-cell disease, also called SCD, disproportionately appears in people of African ancestry, affecting around 90,000 black Americans today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
About 22% said being Jewish is a matter of culture, while 21% said it was a matter of ancestry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
My parents would never have thought of denying their ancestry.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
The Latino vote is both vast and diverse, encompassing communities of varied ancestries, economic power and relative size.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2026
This highlights an urgent need for genetic studies that better represent diverse ancestries.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024
Harris’ own blended ethno-racial background of Jamaican and Indian ancestries was a consequence of her parents' freedom.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2024
Census making it easier in 2020 to identify multiple racial and ethnic ancestries, the percentage of multiracial Americans blossomed to 33.8 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
They have all been uprooted from their several soils and ancestries and plunged together into one vortex, whirling irresistibly in a space otherwise quite empty.
From Character and Opinion in the United States by George Santayana
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