T. D. Jakes

==Personal life==
On the [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] program ''[[African American Lives]]'', Jakes had his [[DNA]] analyzed; his [[Y chromosome]] showed that he is descended from the [[Igbo people]] of [[Nigeria]].<!--The African American Lives program says Igbo, not Yoruba as stated on some websites.--><ref name="FICU">{{cite web |title=T.D. Jakes, D.Min., Alumnus |url=http://www.ficu.edu/Alumni/Jakes.html |work=FICU Alumni Pages |publisher=Friends International Christian University |access-date=January 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401151616/http://www.ficu.edu/Alumni/Jakes.html |archive-date=April 1, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ethnicloft.com/?p=85 |title=EthnicLoft&nbsp;— Sharing and celebrating the treasures of our heritage and culture |access-date=May 29, 2007 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061125125320/http://ethnicloft.com/?p=85 |archive-date=November 25, 2006 }}</ref> According to his family history, it was suggested that he is also descended from them through his grandmother.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/mulatto/vpost?id=1193362&goto=nextnewest |title=Unknown Forum |work=websitetoolbox.com |access-date=2007-06-02 |archive-date=2007-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927003039/http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/mulatto/vpost?id=1193362&goto=nextnewest |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060201/NEWS/602010410/1021 |title=New PBS Show Explores African-American Heritage In a New Way |last=Ryan |first=Suzanne C. |date=February 1, 2006 |website=The Boston Globe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060206184804/http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20060201%2FNEWS%2F602010410%2F1021 |archive-date=February 6, 2006 |access-date=September 19, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>