Edward Bleeker Students swab to participate in the Genographic Project. Photo by Lindsay Maiorana.Spencer Wells discussed this question and many others yesterday morning at Edward Bleeker Middle School with 130 sixth grade students. As part of Genographic's partnership with The Silk Road Project, Yo-Yo Ma's multidisciplinary education foundation, roughly 400 students at 4 different New York City Public Schools have the opportunity to swab and trace their deep ancestry with the Genographic Project this school year.
During today's assembly, Spencer discussed the Genographic Project and showed video footage of his Genographic expeditions. The sixth graders created family trees in preparation for Spencer's visit and discussed their predictions of what they think their Genographic results could reveal about their ancient ancestry.
