![]() ![]() Newton also carefully presents the problems with the accuracy and ethics of these tools. She begins with a few burning questions: "Had my mom's father really married thirteen times? Had his father really killed a man with a hay hook?” Then she used, 23andMe, and many other resources to track down the truth about her family history, which is rife with scoundrels, slave owners, and a 17th-century accused witch. These ruptures seeded a project that grew like a fairy-tale beanstalk, which the author climbs with unflagging energy. ![]() Perhaps her hunger is especially gnawing due to her long-term estrangement from her proudly racist father-and from her holy roller mother for a time, as well. "Ancestor hunger circles the globe” and “spans millennia,” writes blogger, critic, and essayist Newton in her first book. ![]() The current wave of interest in genealogy, heredity, family history, and responsibility for past injustices crescendos in a comprehensive work combining personal narrative and reporting. ![]()
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