According to NPR News, DNA testing has reconnected a Revolutionary War soldier to his living descendants. John Pumphrey enlisted in the Continental Army as a teenager in seventeen seventy-seven, fighting in several major battles before his death in action at Camden, South Carolina. More than two centuries later, genetic analysis has revealed modern relatives who carry his lineage—a remarkable bridge connecting the nation's founding era to today.

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