THE LOST FAMILY
Libby Copeland Abrams Press, 304 pages, £19.99
Libby Copeland, a journalist based in New York with an interest in genealogy, has written the. She dissects the issues surrounding DNA testing for genealogy, raising awareness of how common it is to make unexpected discoveries about family and paternity. The central thread of the book is the case of Alice Collins Plebuch, a woman whose understanding of her family tree was completely unravelled by DNA testing.
