The Genetic Strand: Exploring a Family History Through DNA by Edward Ball
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Overview: The Genetic Strand is the story of a writer’s investigation, using DNA science, into the tale of his family’s origins. National Book Award winner Edward Ball has turned his probing gaze on the microcosm of the human genome, and not just any human genome – that of his slave-holding ancestors. What is the legacy of such a family history, and can DNA say something about it?
In 2000, after a decade in New York City, Ball bought a house in Charleston, South Carolina, home to his father’s family for generations, and furnished it with heirloom pieces from his relatives. In one old desk he was startled to discover a secret drawer, sealed perhaps since the Civil War, in which someone had hidden a trove of family hair, with each lock of hair labeled and dated. The strange find propelled him to investigate: what might DNA science reveal about the people – Ball’s family members, long dead – to whom the hair had belonged? Did the hair come from white relatives, as family tradition insisted? How can genetic tests explain personal identity?
Genre: Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs
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