DNA Cousins with Kevin Bacon
YOU READY TO MEET YOUR COUSIN?
YES. GATES
PLEASE TURN THE PAGE. (LAUGHTER)
LEMMONS
THAT'S HILARIOUS.
GATES
YOU AND KEVIN BACON SHARE AN IDENTICAL STRETCH OF DNA ON YOUR NINTH CHROMOSOME AND THAT MEANS THAT YOU TWO INHERITED THIS SHARED DNA FROM A DISTANT COMMON WHITE ANCESTOR SOMEWHERE IN YOUR FAMILY TREES AND WE KNOW IT HAD TO BE A WHITE PERSON BECAUSE KEVIN HAS NO AFRICAN DNA.
LEMMONS
THAT'S HILARIOUS. OUR HISTORY IS SO INTERTWINED AND HERE WE ARE AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME WHERE THERE'S ALL THIS WEIRDNESS BUT YET OUR HISTORY IS SO INTERTWINED AND WE'RE SO DEPENDENT. IT'S SO INTERCONNECTED AND WE INFORM EACH OTHER.
GATES
YEAH.
LEMMONS
YOU KNOW, WE INFORM EACH OTHER. I FEEL SORRY FOR POOR KEVIN THAT HAS NO AFRICAN AMERICAN ANCESTRY.
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