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Cultural Phenomenon of Home DNA Testing

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2021-09-28 19:00:00 2021-09-28 20:00:00 America/Chicago Cultural Phenomenon of Home DNA Testing Award-winning journalist & author, Libby Copeland, will discuss her book, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are. Please register for link to Zoom. Virtual -

Tuesday, September 28
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2021-09-28 19:00:00 2021-09-28 20:00:00 America/Chicago Cultural Phenomenon of Home DNA Testing Award-winning journalist & author, Libby Copeland, will discuss her book, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are. Please register for link to Zoom. Virtual -

Award-winning journalist & author, Libby Copeland, will discuss her book, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are. Please register for link to Zoom.

This presentation will explore the extraordinary cultural phenomenon of home DNA testing, which is redefining family history. It will draw on Libby Copeland’s years of research for her new book The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are (Abrams, 2020), which The Wall Street Journal calls “a fascinating account of lives dramatically affected by genetic sleuthing.” With more than 37 million people having been tested, a tipping point has been reached. Virtually all Americans are affected whether they have been tested or not, and millions have been impacted by significant revelations in their immediate families.

The Washington Post says The Lost Family “reads like an Agatha Christie mystery” and “wrestles with some of the biggest questions in life: Who are we? What is family? Are we defined by nature, nurture or both?”

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