Two Maryland Church Congregations Trace their African Ancestry through DNA

Eugene Cunningham and Elaine Washington (Cousins) Eugene - “I want to know where we are from. We realized that it was possible to find out where our ancestors where from and we just jumped on the opportunity. I travel a lot to Africa and I know my future trips to Africa will take on a different meaning.”

Elaine - “We are on the family reunion committee and we wanted to do this for our reunion. By doing this we thought we could provide something new to bring to the reunion.”

Patricia Kitt “I would like to know really where my heritage was from. If we are Indians or Africans…I’m just curious. This will kick start me into doing some research on my family.”

Vincent Davis “I don’t know a lot about my dad’s side of the family…like my great-grandparents. I said why not take this test to find out. I wanted to see what I could dig up and present to my paternal grandmother.”

A personal message from Gina Paige to the GospelCity family:


“I think Rev. Dr. Grainger Browning and Pastor Coates said it better than anybody. We know who we are spiritually but we don’t know who are historically. It’s very important that as we go through life and define and redefine our identities that we make sure we incorporate our African past as a part of that. As children of God part of our purpose is to give. And we have resources…we are the children of Africa…we have the resources to give back. Churches are the perfect vehicle for us to share our gift with Africa. I think on a personal level, it’s important, on a community and church level it’s important and on a family level. We’ve got to remember it’s not just one person finding out. A person provides the DNA but then 10...20...50 people in your family will know where they are from.”

Contact African Ancestry at 202.723.0900 or visit www.africanancestry.com to learn how to bring this program to your church.