I'm thrilled to share our new paper out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social! I teamed up with researchers at @harvardmed.bsky.social and the Smithsonian to study another historical American population using the 23andMe genetic database. 🧵 [1/9] Read it here: www.cell.com/current-biol...

It was such an honor to be able to share these results with Agnes and her family today. I’m feeling very lucky to work at 23andMe, which makes it possible not only to do exciting research but also to return the results directly to the people they impact most.

Andrew Curry@andrewcurry.com · 2y ago

Geneticist @eadaoinharney.bsky.social connected a little girl who died 200 years ago to a living relative using DNA. The results show how genetics can help break a "brick wall" slavery created for African Americans researching their ancestry. 🧬🏺

Hey #ASHG23 attendees! If you are interested in talking about my study of 18-19th century African Americans from Catoctin Furnace or about ways to apply our new IBD approach to other historical datasets come find me at my poster (PB3122) on Friday from 3-5pm.