October 4th - October 7th

33rd Annual African American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) Conference

Theme: "Our African and Southern Heritage"

Click here for info.

Sept 26th -
Sept 30th

97th Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) National Convention

Theme: "Black Women in American Culture and History"

Click here for info.

Sept 23rd

The African Ancestry Experience at Trinity United Church of Christ

The Africa Ministry presents African Ancestry as part of its series "Blowing the Dust of Black History".

Location: 400 W. 95th Street, Chicago

Time: 3 pm - 5 pm

September 15th

Calling all cousins to Atlanta! It's the 2012 African Ancestry Family Reunion!

We're taking over the beautiful Hammonds House for a day of celebrating connections. BYOP - Bring Your Own Picnic to enjoy in the garden with fun activities, presentations, dancing and drumming, and ancestry reveals. Drinks and sweets will be provided. 

Date: September 15th

Time: 12 noon - 4 pm

Location: Hammonds House Museum, 503 Peeples Street, Atlanta                                                      

Sept 1st - Sept 3

Celebrate Labor Day with African Ancestry at the African Festival of the Arts in Chicago!

Meet the African Ancestry team and get your test kits, t-shirts, and tote bags. Throughout the weekend we will be revealing the ancestries of some of Chicago's media personalities including: Herb Kent (V103), Art Norman (NBC) and Marion Brooks (NBC).

Time: 10 am - 10 pm

Location: Washington Park, 51st and Cottage Grove Avenue                                                     

August 4th

African Ancestry reveals the ancestry of State of Delaware Representative Donald A. Blakey and his wife Delores Blakey.

July 28th

The JBHW Family Reunion Presentation

June 20th -  June 24th

The Africa Channel presents the African Ancestry Experience during the National Association of Black Journalists Convention (NABJ).

Several NABJ members will have their ancestries revealed during the conference. #NABJ12

June 19th

The results are in! African Ancestry will be hosting a community reveal for the members of Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church. Join them as they find out where they are from.

African Ancestry Testing: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Community Reveal:   7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (for previous test takers)

June 2nd

"Researching African American Genealogy" Conference held by The African American Genealogy Group of Philadelphia. Click here for more information.

Time: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Location:   The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
               3913 Chestnut Street

African Ancestry Workshop will be at 1:00 pm.

May 30th

Wells Fargo sponsors the African Ancestry Experience at the Odyssey Business Network.

May 21st

The African Ancestry Experience at Stanford University.

May 3rd

The last stop of the Still Standing Tour is in Atlanta, GA! African Ancestry will reveal the ancestries of Speech and Yolanda Thomas. Stop by our table to get your test kit or information to share with your friends and family.

Time: 7:00 p.m

Place: Midtown Art Cinema - 931 Monroe Drive, Atlanta, GA.

Test Kits will be available for purchase at a special price!

To purchase tickets for this event please click here.

April 28th

The African Missions Ministry of The Metropolitan Community Church hosts a Pan-African Celebration. Many members will find out their ancestries in a community reveal hosted by African Ancestry.

April 27th

The 3rd stop on the Still Standing Tour is Houston, TX! Stop by our table to get your test kit or information to share with your friends and family.

Time: 7:30 p.m

Place: Fountain of Praise

Test kits will be available for purchase at a special price!

To purchase tickets to this event please click here.

April 14th

Participate in the African Ancestry Experience with the congregation of Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church. Also, Actor/Playwright Glenn Gordon will perform an excerpt from his one man show, Re:Definition!! Email africanheritageministry@enontab.org to reserve your test kit. Click here for more details.

Time:  10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Test kits will be available for purchase at a special price!

April 1st

Reverend Dr. Alyn E. Waller and first lady Ellyn Jo Waller of Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church will have their ancestries revealed during the Palm Sunday service. Where do you think they are from?

March 31st

The Still Standing Tour heads to Chicago. Stop by our table to get your test kit or information to share with your family.

Time: 7:30 p.m

Place: ICE Theaters- 210 West 87th Street, Chicago, IL

Test kits will be available for purchase at a special price!

To purchase tickets to the event please click here.

March 26th

Dr. Kittles delivers a keynote address to the United Nations to commemorate the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Watch the address here.

March 24th

African Ancestry sponsors the Still Standing Tour in Washington D.C. Join us as we reveal the ancestry of Ronnie & Lamar Tyler!

Time: 8:00 p.m

Place: Publick Playhouse- 5445 Landover RD,  Cheverly, MD

Test kits will be available for purchase.

To purchase tickets for this event please click here.

March 24th

African Ancestry will be at The African American History and Culture Museum. Join Gina Paige in a discussion about DNA testing and how it is used to trace ancestry.

Times: 2:30 pm and 3:30 pm

Test kits will be available for purchase at a special price!

March 10th

African Ancestry will be heading back to The Metropolitan Community Church for the second time! Join us as we host a seminar and test this congregation. For more information, contact Delores Elliot of the African Missions Ministry, 773-536-2046.

Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Test kits will be available for purchase

March 5th

The Continuum Project launches The Legacy Program: Residency Cycle (6) at the Math & Science Exploratory School. The students will learn about their genetic ancestries and take the African Ancestry Test. 

February 18th

The African American Men of Westchester presents "An African Ancestry Experience" at the Theodore D. Young Community Center. Gina Paige, president of African Ancestry, will be leading a workshop from 4:30p.m - 8:30p.m.

The Africa Channel's Night of Tribute at the Pan African Film Festival (PAFF). Honorees to receive their ancestry results include: Writer/Director Antwone Fisher, Jazz Legend Pharoah Sanders, and Community Activist Jewell Thais-Williams.

African Ancestry will be helping the congregation of St. Paul's Baptist Church begin their journey to find out where they are from.