A landmark, global effort to further mankind’s understanding of the migratory history of our species has just been launchedby National Geographic and IBM. ANN MARIE CHANDY bravely tries to make sense ofchromosomes and cheek swab tests, with the help of leading population geneticist Dr Spencer Wells. 

WE ARE related, you and I. It’s true, we are cousins, separated by no more than a couple of thousand generations. And an American population geneticist not only hopes to convince the world of this theory with his latest project, he also plans to chart the entire journey of how we got to where we are today.