10 influential American celebrities who have traced their African roots

Cory Booker
2020 presidential candidate Cory Booker said it was “amazing” to discover that he was of Sierra Leonean descent. He learned of his ancestry through a DNA analysis conducted by geneticist, Rick Kittles, and it was presented to him on the PBS program, Finding Your Roots.

Booker is the first African-American Senator from New Jersey and the first of Sierra Leonean descent to seek the office of President of the United States.

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