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

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.

Main Author: Jacobs, A. J., 1968- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2017]
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Jacobs, A. J., > 1968- > Family.
Jacobs family.
Genetic genealogy > United States.
Genealogy > Humor.
Humor.
Biographies.
Summary: 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.
Physical Description: xiv, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 1476734496
9781476734491
Author Notes: A.J. Jacobs is the author of Thanks a Thousand , It's All Relative , Drop Dead Healthy , and the New York Times bestsellers The Know-It-All, The Year of Living Biblically, and My Life as an Experiment . He is a contributor to NPR, and has written for The New York Times , The Washington Post , and Entertainment Weekly . He lives in New York City with his wife and kids. Visit him at AJJacobs.com and follow him on Twitter @ajjacobs.

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