2006-12-23 10:30:25 · 10 answers · asked by edd 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
It's not an easy thing to do because of the lack of written records, maybe even impossible to do by traditional means. But maybe, now that we have DNA testing, it might be possible to learn a lot more about people's African heritage.
2006-12-23 10:33:09 · answer #1 · answered by niko 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Haley paid out a small fortune in settlement of the claim that he "lifted" his Roots from another work, from memory I believe the plagiarised work was" African Genesis". So maybe Haley did or did not find his true roots, but genetic research has certainly "placed" persons nearer to their ancestral homelands.
2006-12-24 17:14:33 · answer #2 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The book Roots started a avalanche of families looking and searching for their origins,a lot led to dead ends because of lost identity and other hazards involved in slavery.,a few were successful through insurance companies that capitalized off of dead slaves,they kept names of slaves and slave owners.
2006-12-23 18:38:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have heard of a number of African Americans tracing their
family back to Africa.
2006-12-23 18:38:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this question about Myth or folklore because I thought that ethnic clotures coming from africa was fact.
2006-12-23 23:03:43 · answer #5 · answered by snape jnr 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't know the answer to this but the author you are referring to is Alex Haley.
2006-12-23 18:32:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go back 300,000 years mate and we all came out of Africa, including you (whoever you are!). So I don't think these things matter a bugger really.
2006-12-23 18:42:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes!
2006-12-26 19:15:55 · answer #8 · answered by SUPER-GLITCH 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
black Americans need to realize this is their country and not to worry about ancestry.
2006-12-23 18:41:07 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Why Edd?
2006-12-27 10:41:29 · answer #10 · answered by Knobby Knobville 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋