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Podcast: Short Wave
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What DNA kits leave out: race, ancestry and 'scientific sankofa'

Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:15:29
Publish Date: 2023-02-28 05:15:39
Description: Population geneticist Dr. Janina Jeff is the host and executive producer of In Those Genes, a hip-hop inspired podcast that uses genetics to uncover the those lost identifies of African descended Americans through the lens of Black culture.

Short Wave co-host Emily Kwong speaks with Janina about what a person's genetic ancestry test does and does not reveal, and the complicated intersection of genetics, history and race.
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