The lost family : how DNA testing is upending who we are /

You swab your cheek or spit in a vial, then send it away to a lab somewhere. Weeks later you get a report that might tell you where your ancestors came from or if you carry certain genetic risks. Or the report could reveal long-buried family secrets and upend your entire sense of identity. Soon a la...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Copeland, Libby (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Abrams Press, 2020.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Alice is not Alice
  • Crude beginnings
  • Somebody ought to start a business
  • Your truth or mine?
  • Non-paternity events
  • Alice and the double helix
  • Eureka in the chromosome
  • Search angels
  • 27 percent Asia central
  • What to claim
  • The mystery of Jim Collins
  • The simplest explanation
  • The American family
  • Your genes are not yours alone
  • Late night
  • Alice redux
  • Where we're going.