• My father and I made genetics history. We were the first African-Americans and the first father and son anywhere to have their genomes sequenced.

    Henry Louis Gates: My father and I made genetics history. We were the first African-Americans and the first father and son anywhere to have their genomes sequenced.
    "Q&A: Henry Louis Gates Jr. on the Mysteries of His Genome". Interview with John Lauerman, www.bloomberg.com. February 17, 2012.