It's All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World's Family

It's All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World's Family Tree

#1 New York Times bestselling author A.J. Jacobs undergoes a hilarious, poignant quest to understand what constitutes familyâ€”where it begins and how far it goesâ€”in Itâ€™s All Relative, a â€œthought-provokingâ€¦delightful, easy-to-read, informative bookâ€ (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).

A.J. Jacobs has received some strange emails over the years, but this note was perhaps the strangest: â€œYou donâ€™t know me, but Iâ€™m your eighth cousin. And we have over 80,000 relatives of yours in our database.â€

Thatâ€™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 Jacobsâ€™s three-year adventure to help build the biggest family tree in history. In Itâ€™s All Relative, he â€œmuses on the nature of family and the interconnectedness of humanity in this entertaining introduction to the world of genealogyâ€ (Publishers Weekly).

Jacobsâ€™s journey would take him to all seven continents. He drank beer with a US president, sung 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.

â€œWhether heâ€™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. Jacobsâ€ (Entertainment Weekly). Now Jacobs upends, in ways both meaningful and hilarious, our understanding of genetics and genealogy, tradition and tribalism, identity and connection. â€œWhimsical but also full of solid journalism and eye-opening revelations about the history of humanity, Itâ€™s All Relative is a real treatâ€ (Booklist, starred review).
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber YES58798502
ReleaseDate 2018-10-02
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781476734507

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	YES58798502
ReleaseDate	2018-10-02
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781476734507

It's All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World's Family Tree

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