for this clipping, and the clipping was the obituary of the oldest gates, jane gates, my great-great-grandmother who was a slave. it was dated january 6, 1888. and it said died this day, jane gates, a colored woman. my father showed me a picture of her, and that picture now hangs on the wall of the kitchen in my house back in cambridge. the next day i got a conversation book and interviewed my mother and father about their family trees. i ve been interested in genealogy ever since. what stands out for you in various experiences? i know it was different for everybody. especially when you work with big names, is there something that s striking about it? a couple things. on the genetics side, i wanted to find a jewish man and a muslim man right identical. that was one of my great desires, and when we tested michael nik coles and tested