It's All Relative: Adventures Up And Down The World’s Family Tree
by A. J. Jacobs /
2017 / English / PDF
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New York Times
New York Times bestselling author of
bestselling author ofThe Know-It-All
The Know-It-All
and
andThe Year of Living Biblically
The Year of Living Biblically, A.J. Jacobs undergoes a
hilarious, heartfelt quest to understand what constitutes
family—where it begins and how far it goes—and attempts to untangle
the true meaning of the “Family of Humankind.”
, A.J. Jacobs undergoes a
hilarious, heartfelt quest to understand what constitutes
family—where it begins and how far it goes—and attempts to untangle
the true meaning of the “Family of Humankind.”
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.”
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.
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.
Jacobs’s journey would take him to all seven continents. He drank
beer with a US president, found himself singing 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.
Jacobs’s journey would take him to all seven continents. He drank
beer with a US president, found himself singing 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” (
“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
Entertainment
Weekly). Now Jacobs upends, in ways both meaningful and
hilarious, our understanding of genetics and genealogy, tradition
and tribalism, identity and connection.
). Now Jacobs upends, in ways both meaningful and
hilarious, our understanding of genetics and genealogy, tradition
and tribalism, identity and connection.It’s All Relative
It’s All Relative is
a fascinating look at the bonds that connect us all.
is
a fascinating look at the bonds that connect us all.
