>> DISCOVER YOUR STORY WAS TREE
CREATED BY "TODAY" BY ANCESTRY DNA.TED BY "TODAY" BY ANCESTRY
DNA.
>>> TRACING YOUR LINEAGE IS ALL
THE RAGE RIGHT NOW.
ITS SOMETHING BEEN WORKING ON
FOR TWO DECADES.
WHEN I STARTED, IT WAS ABOUT SIFTING THROUGH OLD DOCUMENTS,
PHYSICALLY.
PHYSICALLY. NOW, THANKS TO ADVANCES IN
SCIENCE, AN ZESTANCESTRY DNA TES
LED ME TO SELLNEGAL. ITS THE LAND OF MY FOREFATHERS
AND MOTHERS.
AND MOTHERS.
I RETURNED TO AFRICA TO SEE THE WORLD THEY LEFT BEHIND. SEE THE
WORLD THEY LEFT BEHIND. DAKAR, SENEGAL, A BUSTLING CITY
WITH VIBRANT MARKETS, A MUSIC
SCENE AND LAIDBACK COASTAL VIBE,
SOME 6,000 MILES AWAY.
AND YET, I FEEL IVE COME HOME.
MY FIRST STOP IS WHAT MAY HAVE
BEEN THE LAST PLACE MY ANCESTORS
SAW BEFORE LEAVING THIS COUNTRY,
GORE ISLAND AND ITS HOUSE OF
SLAVES, A SYMBOL OF THE AFRICAN
SLAVE TRADE.
SLAVE TRADE. MY PEOPLE WERE CAPTURED,
KIDNAPPED, BOUND AND PACKED LIKE
CARGO ON SHIPS, HEADING ACROSS
THE OCEAN.
THE OCEAN.
OTHERS JUMPED THROUGH THIS DOOR OF NO RETURN, UNDER THE WATER BY
THE WEIGHT OF THEIR CHAINS.
>> IT IS THE DOOR OF NO RETURN.
THATS THE LAST -- REALLY.
>> Reporter: I FEEL THIS VERY
ODD MIX OF RAGE, OF DEPRESSION,
JOY, IN A WAY, OF KNOWING THAT
EVEN WITH ALL OF THIS, MY FAMILY
AND AFRICAN-AMERICANS, AS A
PEOPLE, WERE ABLE TO RISE ABOVE
THIS.
THIS.
I THINK ITS A WEIRD BREW OF EMOTIONS.TS A WEIRD BREW OF
EMOTIONS.
YOU KNOW, ITS GOING TO TAKE A
WHILE TO SORT THEM OUT.
A TRIP TO GOREE, IS A SOBERING
GLIMPSE OF THE PAST.
IM HERE TO LEARN ABOUT
SENEGALS PRESENT AND FUTURE.
ITS ONLY FITTING THAT MY HOST IS THIS FIRST GRADE TEACHER.T
IS THIS FIRST GRADE TEACHER. HES PREPARED A FEW LESSONS FOR
ME.
ME.
WOW.
OH, MY GOSH.
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.
>> IT IS THE AFRICAN RENAISSANCE MONUMENT, HIGHER THAN THE STATUE
OF LIBERTY AND AS WELL AS CHRIST
THE REDEMER IN BRAZIL.
IT SHOWS AFRICA COMING OUT OF
THE ASHES.
THE ASHES. RAISING, FACING THE NEW
CHALLENGES OF THE NEW
MILLENNIUM.