The people of Madagascar have a fascinating history embedded in their DNA. 17 known slave ships came from Madagascar to North America during the Transatlantic Slave Trade. As a result, we find Malagasy DNA in the African American descendants of enslaved people, often of Southeast Asian origin. One of the goals of this project is to discover the Malagasy roots of African Americans and connect them with their cousins from Madagascar. Please join us in this fascinating endeavor. mtDNA Haplogroups of interest include: B4a1a1b - the "Malagasy Motif", M23, M7c3c, F3b1, R9 and others Y-DNA Haplogroups include: O1a2 - M50, O2a1 - M95/M88, O3a2c - P164 and others Resources: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2987306/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1199379/ http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=19535740 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/15/77 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/10/605