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The Stranger in My Genes: A Memoir
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Bill Griffeth, longtime genealogy buff, takes a DNA test that has an unexpected outcome: "If the results were correct, it meant that the family tree I had spent years documenting was not my own." Bill undertakes a quest to solve the mystery of his origins, which shakes his sense of identity. As he takes us on his journey, we learn about choices made by his ancestors, parents, and others, and we see Bill measure and weigh his own difficult choices as he confronts the past.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 6, 2016
ISBN9780880823500
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5When Bill Griffeth, CNBC journalist and commentator, let his cousin talk him into taking a DNA test for genealogical purposes, little did he know the story would end up in this book. To say that the test results were a surprise would be understatement … and even a retest and more DNA testing by a sibling would end with the same outcome. Griffeth’s struggle with how to handle this new information is a cautionary tale for anyone taking a DNA test: be prepared to uncover and face secrets that may upend your world. Griffeth was not ready in the slightest. Although I found the book hard to put down, I was ultimately disappointed with our hero and how he handled the truths he discovered. You’d think that someone with the apparent confidence he shows in his work – and one who must have learned from the years he spent dabbling in genealogy that all families have secrets, some of them dark-- would have handled it better. I won’t give any more away so readers can let the story unfold for themselves.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Journalist Bill Griffeth took a Y-DNA test, discovering he did not match his cousin's haplotype or that many markers. They asked the lab to process the sample again, achieving the same result. Convinced the lab must have mixed up samples, he purchased a test from another company and had his brother test with the first company. His brother matched the cousin, but he did not. Griffeth's story was absorbing, and I'm amazed at how much he was able to control his own emotions and consider how his decisions would affect others. As genealogy educators, those of us who talk about DNA to other groups always advise prospective testers to be prepared for unexpected results. This book reinforces this in a manner everyone can appreciate. I'm doing a presentation in less than a week, and I'm going to make certain I encourage prospective DNA testers to read it. It's a quick and relatively short read. Highly recommended.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bravo! It was as if you were writing my story.
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