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DNA Study Uncovers Colonial Governors and Enslaved Boy in Maryland Chapel Cemetery

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A genetic study of 49 individuals buried in a 17th-century Maryland chapel cemetery identified colonial governors and their families, alongside an 8-year-old boy of majority African ancestry buried with English settlers, raising questions about his status.

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