(BALTIMORE – September 27, 2026) – One of the most-read stories on BMORENews.com is my October 2025 article, “Albert Perry, DNA, and the Reclaiming of Identity.” Readers still find it nearly a year later. That made me revisit the story. What did the original research establish? What happened after the headlines? And had I given readers the clearest account of the people who made the discovery possible? The answer to that last question is no. Albert Perry did not take a DNA test. He lived in nineteenth-century South Carolina. His descendants were tested because Jacqueline Johnson, his great-great-granddaughter, looked into…