It appears that DNA testing as a reliable indicator of African ancestry is not all its cracked up to be, according to an article from the Sunday Age located in Melbourne, Australia. The article goes on to say:
“But since the tests began in 2003, questions have been raised about their accuracy: specifically whether tracing mitochondrial DNA, which is passed from the mother’s side of the family, can reliably pinpoint tribal origins.
Those doubts were given a public voice this week with the publication of an article in a British peer review journal. It said a study found that fewer than 10 per cent of black Americans whose mitochondrial DNA was identified matched perfectly with a single African ethnic group, and 40 per cent had no match.”
