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Bob Hutchinson was a white advertising executive in his fifties. He thought he knew his bloodlines. Then he took a DNA test. (1/6) 
His mother had said she was Italian/Swedish. The DNA test showed she was African American. She had hidden her heritage for decades. (2/6)
The 1930 Census describes her and her family as “Negro.” (3/6)
She passed for white, but wanted her son to know his black relatives. She introduced him to her mother, but never said she was family (4/6)
Since taking the DNA test, Bob Hutchinson has found his black cousins. His grandmother and others are dead: "They were kept from me." (5/6)
Join our live chat with Bob Hutchinson on Weds, 9pmET: facebook.com/nytimes. And tell me: What have you discovered from DNA testing?
