Top 9 Celebrity DNA

20/02/2007 by Forbes
Forbes has put together a list of the Top 9 Celebrity DNA. Check out the list below.
1

Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi GoldbergWhen Whoopi Goldberg learned that her ancestors hailed from Guinea Bissau, the country's government sent her a formal invitation to visit. ''It is with great euphoria that we learned of your ancestral origins,'' the letter read. ''The news has awoken in u ***


2

Spike Lee

Spike LeeSpike Lee's DNA analysis by African Ancestry revealed that his father's lineage led back to Cameroon, while his mother's led to Sierra Leone. Lee said the new knowledge ''didn't change a thing,'' adding, "I always felt a deep connection to my ancestors. ' ***


3

Chris Tucker

Chris TuckerChris Tucker's analysis revealed that his roots led back to Angola. Tucker later traveled to Angola, accompanied by Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, where they were met with a greeting celebration by members of the Mbundu ethnic group. ***


4

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah WinfreyOprah, who previously believed that she descended from Zulus, discovered from African Ancestry's test that she actually shared DNA with ethnic groups in Liberia. Liberia's annual gross domestic product is around $900 million, according to the CIA's ***


5

Blair Underwood

Blair UnderwoodBlair Underwood had a small role as a geneticist in the 1997 film ***


6

LeVar Burton

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7

Kate Moss

Kate MossNot every DNA analysis client is an African-American, nor are tests always voluntary. The blog Londonist reports that Moss' unauthorized biographer, Fred Vermorel, got a pair of her underwear and sent it in for analysis. The results revealed that Moss has ***


8

Forest Whitaker

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9

Quincy Jones

Quincy JonesQuincy Jones' cheek swab placed his ancestry in Cameroon but also showed that he had a surprisingly large measure of European DNA. In fact, according to African Ancestry's Gina Paige, about 30% of paternal DNA in African-Americans is European. ***