num_pages: 294
description: In The Lost Family journalist Libby Copeland investigates what happens when we embark on a vast social experiment with little understanding of the ramifications. She explores the culture of genealogy buffs the science of DNA and the business of companies like Ancestry and 23andMe all while tracing the story of one woman her unusual results and a relentless methodical drive for answers that becomes a thoroughly modern genetic detective story.
language: English
title: The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are
publisher: Abrams Press