Is DNA Ancestry? Finding Your Roots FREE Online Screening and Discussion

Join NET Nebraska for a virtual discussion of genetics and ancestry. Learn how ancestry testing works and discuss the differences between genetic ancestry and cultural heritage. Panelists include:

• Dr. Carla Easter, Chief of the Education and Community Involvement Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
• Dr. Kenneth Ramos, Executive Director, Texas A&M Institute of Biosciences and Technology and and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, Texas A&M University System
• Dr. Dennis Smith (Fort Peck Assiniboine), Associate Professor of History and Native American Studies at the University of Nebraska Omaha
• Robin Bowman, Professional Development Associate at the Personal Genetics Education Project (pgEd) (moderator)

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Season Seven episodes will broadcast throughout Winter/Spring2021 and will continue to feature exciting new guests who are game-changers in their fields, with family histories that illustrate the power and diversity of the human experience. Among them are actors Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Jane Lynch, Audra McDonald, Christopher Meloni and Tony Shalhoub; acclaimed musicians Clint Black, Rosanne Cash and Pharrell Williams; groundbreaking directors Kasi Lemmons and John Waters; renowned journalists Gretchen Carlson and Nina Totenberg; hilarious comedians Lewis Black and Jim Gaffigan; popular late night personality Andy Cohen; and more to be announced.

Assembling the extensive family trees and family narratives alongside Dr. Gates are DNA expert CeCe Moore (Founder, The DNA Detective and host of ABC’s The Genetic Detective), and new lead genealogist Nick Sheedy, who carries on the work of founding series genealogist Johni Cerny (Founder, Lineages), who unfortunately passed away in early 2020.

The latest season of Finding Your Roots airs on Tuesdays at 8pm eastern/7pm central on PBS through May 4, 2021.

Learn more about Finding Your Roots: pbs.org/FindingYourRoots

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Learn more about NET's Demystify the Science Behind Genetics & Ancestry discussion series: netNebraska.org/genetics

Corporate support for Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Season Seven is provided by Ancestry and Johnson & Johnson. Support is also provided by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, The Carnegie Corporation of New York, Candace King Weir, The Zegar Family Foundation, Lloyd Carney Foundation, and by The Inkwell Society and its members Felicia A. and Benjamin A. Horowitz Fund; Demond Martin; Sheryl Sandberg and Tom Bernthal; Jim and Susan Swartz; Anne Wojcicki; John H. N. Fisher and Jennifer Caldwell; Fletcher and Benaree Wiley; Gwen and Peter Norton; and Darnell Armstrong and Nicole Commissiong. Major support is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS.