It's All Relative
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Traces the author's three-year investigation into what constitutes family, describing how, after receiving an e-mail from a stranger who claimed to be a distant cousin, he embarked on an effort to build the biggest family tree in history.
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Goofy, fun and readable book. The standard liberal potshots are already not aging well. BTW, AJ is my former step-step-brother-in-law.
I find the “stand-up comic” voice annoying, but the subject matter–an event exploring universal family connections and, more generally, genealogy–was somewhat interesting, if short on substance.
I have loved everything A. J. Jacobs has written so far, and I'm happy to say that I loved his new book, It's All Relative, too. Jacobs takes on huge personal projects in his writing. This time, he takes on genealogy. He does all the DNA tests, and researches his family members from the past, and decides to put on a huge family reunion. Everything he does makes me laugh, and laugh out loud, and it takes something good to have me laughing out loud. It's All Relative is something good.
