Stephen F. Anderson

A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family's Secrets, is an extremely apt title. I have read dozens of books on the subject but I found this one to be the most thrilling and exciting. It starts with bits of stories shared among adult siblings with one filling out the blanks in another's story. From there it leads to the use of early DNA techniques with frustrating results, clear through to the present when there are so many more resources to really understand what the testing was telling them. The author is also very sensitive to the emotions involved with all the various people. I read it in one sitting.… (plus d'informations)