Tag: Catoctin Historical Society

  • The living descendants of enslavement are revealed through ancient DNA

    The living descendants of enslavement are revealed through ancient DNA

    Researchers at the Smithsonian’s College of Science, Harvard Medical School and the Catoctin Historical Society have used genetic data to identify the living relatives of African-Americans who were buried in the remains of 27 workers from the world’s first black coal mine in Washington DC. The researchers analysed the remains using genetic data from 23…