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07/27/2004:

"She traces genetic 'Roots' to Africa"

DNA helps author forge links to cousins from Ghana

After years of genealogical research, interviews and DNA testing, Pearl Duncan, right, identified Vida Opare as one of her "ancestral cousins" from Ghana. The two have developed a close friendship since they found out that their fathers' DNA matched. "She looks just like my sister," Duncan says.

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