Lupita Nyong’o Has DNA from the Oldest Maternal Haplogroup

In this clip from the November 17 episode, Lupita Nyong’o discovers she 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! #FindingYourRoots airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on PBS. In this episode, Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the ancestries of Lidia Bastianich, Scarlett Johansson, and Lupita Nyong’o, three women whose families traveled the globe in search of new opportunities. Watch the full episode at: https://www.pbs.org/video/flight-nfqs6l/