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Finding Your Roots
Lupita Nyong’o Has DNA from the Oldest Maternal Haplogroup
Lupita Nyongo carries DNA from the oldest maternal haplogroup called Mitochondrial Eve, something we’ve never seen on the show before. During this time, no human beings were alive outside of Africa meaning every person on Earth was Black!
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