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Boca event highlights treatment of Japanese during WWII

Follow us on Facebook by clicking here ! A recent presentation spotlighted the federal government's restrictions on people of Japanese ancestry living in Boca Raton during the early 1940s.

Diversified Americans resisting census race labels

When the 2010 census asked people to classify themselves by race, more than 21.7 million — at least 1 in 14 — went beyond the standard labels and wrote in such terms as "Arab," "Haitian," "Mexican" and "multiracial."

Anne Wojcicki: Before You Are Pregnant

Currently insurance companies, by and large, pay for targeted carrier status genetic testing if it can be justified and if you are pregnant. But this timing is not optimal and the ancestry guesswork is often wrong. Consumers should have the choice to test before conception.

AP EXCLUSIVE: Many resist census race labels

When the 2010 census asked people to classify themselves by race, more than 21.7 million — at least 1 in 14 — went beyond the standard labels and wrote in such terms as "Arab," ''Haitian," ''Mexican" and "multiracial."

Trips to Find Your Roots

Do you know where your ancestors came from? Maybe you have a few facts here and there that your parents or grandparents told you about –or maybe you’ve logged onto a website like Ancestry.com to do your own research.