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Why discovering your ancestral roots can help you to truly feel like yourself

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The need to belong to a race, culture and community is hard-wired into us, says Dr Sarah Gaither of the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University .

Dr Gaither ’s own career has been shaped by growing up as a biracial Black/White woman.

An estimated 4.7 million people in the UK have used a DNA testing kit.

60% of the population were interested in taking a DNA test.

Emma Parsons-Reid ’s mother discovered she was descended from Danish royalty.

Can discovering your ancestral roots help you to express dormant parts of your own personality?.