|Featured Partner: Be The Match|

Every day, thousands of patients with leukemia and other life-threatening diseases hope for a marrow donor who can make their transplant possible. 70% of patients do not have a donor in their family. They depend on the Be The Match Registry. They depend on people like you.

Patients are more likely to find donor matches within their own racial or ethnic background. For African Americans specifically, we have more genetic diversity than any other race. However, the number of black donors on the national registry is still low.

That's why African Ancestry is partnering with Be The Match to drive awareness and registration among the black community for this important cause.  Registration is free, easy and painless (just a cheek swab).

As you search for your past, someone else is searching for a future. YOU COULD SAVE A LIFE!

Be The Match Registry is the new name of the National Marrow Donor Program Registry®. To find out more about the registry, how to join and why it is so important, visit www.BeTheMatch.org today.

|Our Partners|

African Ancestry is proud to partner with the following organizations:

• National Black Arts Festival
• 100 Black Men of Washington, DC
• Pan American Film & Arts Festival
• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
• Operation HOPE
• Leon H. Sullivan Foundation
• Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)
• Gondobay Manga Foundation
• Mt. Ennon Baptist Church (Clinton, MD)
• Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church (Ft. Washington, MD)
• The Athletic Group
• John Thompson III Foundation
• Matsimela Mapfumo, "Make It Plain" on Sirius Radio
• Shared Vision
• Globaleyes Productions
• My African Diaspora
• Cocoa Savvy
• Be The Match
• Step Afrika
  
• Imagine Photography