It's All Relative
eBook - ePub

It's All Relative

Adventures Up and Down the World's Family Tree

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

It's All Relative

Adventures Up and Down the World's Family Tree

About this book

#1 New York Times bestselling author A.J. Jacobs undergoes a hilarious, poignant quest to understand what constitutes family—where it begins and how far it goes—in It's All Relative, a "thought-provoking…delightful, easy-to-read, informative book" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review). A.J. Jacobs has received some strange emails over the years, but this note was perhaps the strangest: "You don't know me, but I'm your eighth cousin. And we have over 80, 000 relatives of yours in our database."That's enough family members to fill Madison Square Garden four times over. Who are these people, A.J. wondered, and how do I find them? So began Jacobs's three-year adventure to help build the biggest family tree in history. In It's All Relative, he "muses on the nature of family and the interconnectedness of humanity in this entertaining introduction to the world of genealogy" ( Publishers Weekly ).Jacobs's journey would take him to all seven continents. He drank beer with a US president, sung with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and unearthed genetic links to Hollywood actresses and real-life scoundrels. After all, we can choose our friends, but not our family."Whether he's posing as a celebrity, outsourcing his chores, or adhering strictly to the Bible, we love reading about the wacky lifestyle experiments of author A.J. Jacobs" ( Entertainment Weekly ). Now Jacobs upends, in ways both meaningful and hilarious, our understanding of genetics and genealogy, tradition and tribalism, identity and connection. "Whimsical but also full of solid journalism and eye-opening revelations about the history of humanity, It's All Relative is a real treat" ( Booklist, starred review).

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Information

Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Year
2017
Topic
Social Sciences
eBook ISBN
9781476734514
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter 1: The Eighth Cousin
  5. Chapter 2: The World Family Tree
  6. Chapter 3: DNA Sharing Is Caring
  7. Chapter 4: A Great (or Possibly Terrible) Idea
  8. Chapter 5: A Pandemonium of Genealogists
  9. Chapter 6: Historical Voyeurism
  10. Chapter 7: Genetic Jambalaya
  11. Chapter 8: Groundhog Sam and My 2,585 Southern Cousins
  12. Chapter 9: Embracing Failure
  13. Chapter 10: Should Family Be Abolished?
  14. Chapter 11: The Good Cousin
  15. Chapter 12: Adam and Eve
  16. Chapter 13: Kissing Cousins
  17. Chapter 14: The Greatest Generation (and the Upside of Cigarettes)
  18. Chapter 15: Thank You for Having Sex
  19. Chapter 16: Biological and Logical Families
  20. Chapter 17: Ellis Island
  21. Chapter 18: Our Neanderthal Cousins
  22. Chapter 19: Family Feuds
  23. Chapter 20: Who’s Your Father?
  24. Chapter 21: Son-in-Law of the American Revolution
  25. Chapter 22: The Mega-Tree Revolution
  26. Chapter 23: Our Animal Cousins
  27. Chapter 24: Big Love
  28. Chapter 25: The Other Side of the Dash
  29. Chapter 26: Privacy
  30. Chapter 27: The Genius of Isaac Newton
  31. Chapter 28: Fathers and Sons
  32. Chapter 29: Twins and Twins. Also More Twins
  33. Chapter 30: Five Mothers
  34. Chapter 31: Black Sheep
  35. Chapter 32: My Presidential Cousin
  36. Chapter 33: Tradition!
  37. Chapter 34: The Kevin Bacon Delusion
  38. Chapter 35: The Pilgrimage
  39. Chapter 36: An Ocean of Cousins
  40. Chapter 37: Cheers to the Dead
  41. Chapter 38: My Celebrity Cousins
  42. Chapter 39: 51 Percent of the Family Tree
  43. Chapter 40: The Melting Pot
  44. Chapter 41: The FBI and My Grandpa
  45. Chapter 42: The Great Surname Challenge
  46. Chapter 43: Awkward Family Photos
  47. Chapter 44: Brother Versus Brother
  48. Chapter 45: The Global Family Reunion
  49. Chapter 46: We Are, Without a Doubt, Irrefutably, Family
  50. A Note from the Author
  51. Acknowledgments
  52. About the Author
  53. Notes
  54. Index
  55. Copyright

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