LEADER 04543nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910459957303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-3320-4 010 $a0-8147-3265-8 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814733202 035 $a(CKB)2670000000039603 035 $a(EBL)865490 035 $a(OCoLC)779828100 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000417500 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11290804 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000417500 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10363016 035 $a(PQKB)10350729 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865490 035 $a(OCoLC)651663937 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse4833 035 $a(DE-B1597)547822 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814733202 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865490 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10395072 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000039603 100 $a20100420d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFaces of America$b[electronic resource] $ehow 12 extraordinary people discovered their pasts /$fHenry Louis Gates, Jr 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 300 $aBased on PBS television series Faces of America hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 311 $a0-8147-3264-X 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tA Note on DNA Testing -- $t1 Mike Nichols -- $t2 Meryl Streep -- $t3 Queen Noor -- $t4 Louise Erdrich -- $t5 Yo-Yo Ma -- $t6 Dr. Mehmet Oz -- $t7 Mario Batali -- $t8 Elizabeth Alexander -- $t9 Malcolm Gladwell -- $t10 Stephen Colbert -- $t11 Kristi Yamaguchi -- $t12 Eva Longoria -- $tDNA Appendix -- $tIndex -- $tAbout the Author 330 $aAs a nation of immigrants, the American experience is vibrantly defined by the diverse racial, ethnic, cultural, and religious heritage of its people. Perhaps because so many of their ancestors migrated to this country relatively recently, Americans are especially concerned with their family trees, carving out personal histories by combing through documents such as wills and estate records, federal and state censuses, and private family papers, and mining the stories and tales handed down to them by their forebears.Since 2007, the Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., has been helping African Americans find long-buried details about their ancestors by researching their family trees and then, when the paper trail ends, by analyzing their DNA and marrying that information to a wealth of historical data. Now, in Faces of America Gates explores the family trees of twelve of America?s most recognizable and extraordinary citizens, individuals who learn that they are of Asian, English, French, German, Irish, Italian, Jamaican, Jewish, Latino, Native American, Swiss, and Syrian ancestry: Inaugural poet Elizabeth Alexander, chef Mario Batali, comedian and television personality Stephen Colbert, writer Louise Erdrich, writer Malcolm Gladwell, actress Eva Longoria, cellist Yo Yo Ma, writer and director Mike Nichols, former monarch of Jordan Queen Noor, surgeon and author Dr. Mehmet Oz, actress Meryl Streep, and Olympic gold medalist and figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi.In addition, each of the subjects in Faces of America underwent dense genotyping to trace their genetic ancestry on their father?s line, their mother?s line, and their percentages of European, Asian, Native American, and African ancestry. Faces of America unfolds as a riveting journey into our country?s complex ancestral past. Readers will share in the surprise and delight, the shock and sadness of these twelve individuals themselves as Gates unveils their rich family stories, traced back to their arrival on America?s shores, and beyond, deep into the history of their ancestors? countries of origin. America, as Gates shows us, is a nation of many historical threads, interwoven and united in the present moment. In this compelling book, Gates demonstrates that where we come from profoundly and fundamentally informs who we are today. 606 $aGenetic genealogy$zUnited States$vCase studies 607 $aUnited States$xGenealogy$vCase studies 607 $aUnited States$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGenetic genealogy 676 $a920.073 700 $aGates$b Henry Louis$0243500 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459957303321 996 $aFaces of America$92473145 997 $aUNINA