[VeniVidiVici]

As I recall, the Ibo were the folks who tried to break free of Nigeria in the 1970s and form their own nation of Biafra. The predominantly Muslim Nigerian army crushed the attempt with horrific slaughter inflicted upon the Animist and Christian Ibo.

I bet nobody told junior that part.

Speaking of DNA tests for this, I thought it only traced the paternal side, but this article said maternal/Ibo.

[aliceburrows]

Hey genius,

You can ONLY do an historical genetic tracing through the maternal genes (has something to do with RNA I believe). Remember that womens have only 1 Y chromosome, while men have 2. Maternal tracing allows you to back-track through that one 1 chromosome (which will also be in her mother and her grandmother and her great grandmother and so on and so on and....)

If you tried to do this through a paternal line, you could only trace back to the father (then you'd have to figure out which of the two grandfathers and then the potential 4 great grandfathers and then the potential 16 great-grandfathers and so on and so on and....)