A photo of one of Agnes's daughters's hands touching the burial ground at Catoctin Furnace.

23andMe Connects Living Family to Enslaved African American from Historic Site

Steven Micheletti, Ph.D., a 23andMe population geneticist who was lead author of a 2021 paper on the genetic impact of the transatlantic slave trade

Human Footprint

A conceptual image of DNA and a tree with the words A Hidden History Revealed

DNA Connections to Early Enslaved and Free African Americans

A heat map showing not just where living genetic relatives of the Catoctin Furnace are in the United States but also the ancestral contributions from Africa and Europe.

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