It's all relative : adventures up and down the world's family tree

Jacobs, A. J., 1968- (author.).

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ISBN: 9781476734491
Physical Description xiv, 336 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017.

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It's All Relative : Adventures up and down the World's Family Tree

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It's All Relative : Adventures up and down the World's Family Tree

Section	Section Description	Page Number
	Introduction	p. xi
Chapter 1	The Eighth Cousin	p. 1
Chapter 2	The World Family Tree	p. 5
Chapter 3	DNA Sharing Is Caring	p. 11
Chapter 4	A Great (or Possibly Terrible) Idea	p. 15
Chapter 5	A Pandemonium of Genealogists	p. 21
Chapter 6	Historical Voyeurism	p. 27
Chapter 7	Genetic Jambalaya	p. 35
Chapter 8	Groundhog Sam and My 2, 585 Southern Cousins	p. 41
Chapter 9	Embracing Failure	p. 49
Chapter 10	Should Family Be Abolished?	p. 55
Chapter 11	The Good Cousin	p. 61
Chapter 12	Adam and Eve	p. 67
Chapter 13	Kissing Cousins	p. 75
Chapter 14	The Greatest Generation (and the Upside of Cigarettes)	p. 81
Chapter 15	Thank You for Having Sex	p. 87
Chapter 16	Biological and Logical Families	p. 93
Chapter 17	Ellis Island	p. 97
Chapter 18	Our Neanderthal Cousins	p. 103
Chapter 19	Family Feuds	p. 109
Chapter 20	Who's Your Father?	p. 117
Chapter 21	Son-in-Law of the American Revolution	p. 125
Chapter 22	The Mega-Tree Revolution	p. 131
Chapter 23	Our Animal Cousins	p. 137
Chapter 24	Big Love	p. 143
Chapter 25	The Other Side of the Dash	p. 149
Chapter 26	Privacy	p. 155
Chapter 27	The Genius of Isaac Newton	p. 163
Chapter 28	Fathers and Sons	p. 167
Chapter 29	Twins and Twins. Also More Twins	p. 171
Chapter 30	Five Mothers	p. 177
Chapter 31	Black Sheep	p. 181
Chapter 32	My Presidential Cousin	p. 187
Chapter 33	Tradition!	p. 193
Chapter 34	The Kevin Bacon Delusion	p. 197
Chapter 35	The Pilgrimage	p. 201
Chapter 36	An Ocean of Cousins	p. 209
Chapter 37	Cheers to the Dead	p. 215
Chapter 38	My Celebrity Cousins	p. 221
Chapter 39	51 Percent of the Family Tree	p. 231
Chapter 40	The Melting Pot	p. 239
Chapter 41	The FBI and My Grandpa	p. 245
Chapter 42	The Great Surname Challenge	p. 249
Chapter 43	Awkward Family Photos	p. 255
Chapter 44	Brother Versus Brother	p. 261
Chapter 45	The Global Family Reunion	p. 265
Chapter 46	We Are, Without a Doubt, Irrefutably, Family	p. 267
	A Note from the Author	p. 280
	Acknowledgments	p. 281
	A Brief and Subjective Guide to Getting Started on Your Family Tree	p. 287
	Notes	p. 303
	Index	p. 307

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