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Afro-Brazilians seeking to unearth their African ancestry

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More than a century after slavery officially ended in Brazil, DNA tests are giving Afro-Brazilians the intriguing chance to find out who they are beyond mere skin color.
More than a century after slavery officially ended in Brazil, DNA tests are giving Afro-Brazilians the intriguing chance to find out who they are beyond mere skin color.

More than a century after slavery officially ended in Brazil, DNA tests are giving Afro-Brazilians the intriguing chance to find out who they are beyond mere skin color.

A documentary project dubbed DNA Africa says its  database of more than 30,000 indigenous African can help trace original ethnic groups of many of the Afro-Brazilians in the country.

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