The Juggler's Children
A Journey into Family, Legend and the Genes that Bind Us
Carolyn Abraham explores the stunning power and ethical pitfalls of using genetic tests to answer questions of genealogy--by cracking the genome of her own family.
Recently, tens of thousands of people have been drawn to mail-order DNA tests to learn about their family roots. Abraham investigates whether this burgeoning new science can help solve 2 mysteries that have haunted her multi-racial family for more than a century. Both hinge on her enigmatic great-grandfathers--a hero who died young and a scoundrel who disappeared. Can the DNA they left behind reveal their stories from beyond the grave?
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April 1, 2014CAROLYN ABRAHAM is the award-winning author of Possessing Genius: The Bizarre Odyssey of Einstein's Brain. Abraham appears often as an on-air television commentator on medical issues, wrote the chapter on the SARS outbreak in Canada at the request of the WHO, co-wrote the NFB production entitled DNA and Dollars and appeared in the National Geographic documentary on Einstein's brain that was broadcast in 14 countries. The author lives in Toronto, ON.
The Juggler's Children
Carolyn Abraham