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Growing up, Lezlie had always encountered curiosity about her ethnicity from people she'd meet. “I probably got the question 3 to 4 times a week if I was Asian or Moroccan or something else,” she shared. So she jumped at the opportunity to find out through AncestryDNA.

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Lezlie's DNA results included African, European, and Asian. “It was great because it helped confirm what I knew in my gut… with a little surprise.”

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