Its All Relative

New York Times bestselling author of The Know It All and The Year of Living Biblically, A.J Jacobs undergoes a hilarious, heartfelt quest to understand what constitutes family where it begins and how far it goes and attempts to untangle the true meaning of the Family of Humankind A.J Jacobs has received some strange emails over the years, but this note was perhaps the strangest You don t know me, but I m your eighth cousin And we have over 80,000 relatives of yours in our database That 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 Jacobs s three year adventure to help build the biggest family tree in history.Jacobs s journey would take him to all seven continents He drank beer with a US president, found himself singing 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 Whether he 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 Jacobs Entertainment Weekly Now Jacobs upends, in ways both meaningful and hilarious, our understanding of genetics and genealogy, tradition and tribalism, identity and connection It s All Relative is a fascinating look at the bonds that connect us all. Download Its All Relative – kino-fada.fr Not what I was expecting and didn t find it that funny.I would call this a book about genealogy for people who aren t really all that interested in the subject It is genealogy lite Which is not to say that it isn t a good book or that I didn t like it I enjoyed it a great deal.I ve been doing genealogy since I was a teenager and discovered our family Bible, with my great grandfather s handwritten records of the family in it It s huge heavy and he bought it from someone in a California train station for 25 cents back in the day He was a lu I would call this a book about genealogy for people who aren t really all that interested in the subject It is genealogy lite Which is not to say that it isn t a good book or that I didn t like it I enjoyed it a great deal.I ve been doing genealogy since I was a teenager and discovered our family Bible, with my great grandfather s handwritten records of the family i...This book was interesting and amusing in some places, but I didn t get the sense that this was an A.J Jacobs usual in depth ultra obsessed project book This feltlike A.J Jacobs lite It did get me looking into my family history, which I m thankful for I ve learned that my great grandmother s second marriage was to a man almost 15 years her junior go, grandma and my maternal grandmother s family was probably Amish So, if you are interested in genealogy at all, you will enjoy this b This book was interesting and amusing in some places, but I didn t get the sense that this was an A.J Jacobs usual in depth ultra obsessed project book This feltlike A.J Jacobs lite It did get me looking into my family hist...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...I love AJ Jacobs but this wasn t quite as strong as his other experimental ventures I thought the idea of a global family reunion was pretty ridiculous, but the genealogy bits were interesting, and as always, his writing was very witty and fun I know next to nothing about my family history so t...For those readers like me who have experienced an AJ Jacobs book before, we know that he has a seriously curious mind And he doesn t think small This time around, he has been thinking of his own ancestors and the concept of the World Family Tree i.e that we are all, in essence cousins descended from a scientific Adam and Eve known as the Y Chromosomal Adam and the Mitochondrial Eve And, of course, Mr Jacobs dreams up a project to dwarf anything a rational human being might think of For those readers like me who have experienced an AJ Jacobs book before, we know that he has a seriously curious mind And he doesn t think small This time around, he has been thinking of his own ancestors and the concept of the World Family Tree i.e that we are all, in essence cousins descended from a scientific Adam and Eve known as the Y Chromosomal Adam and the Mitochondrial Eve And, of course, Mr Jacobs dreams up a project to dwarf anything a rational human being might think of coordinating a family reunion that breaks the Guinness World Record for most attendees It would be a project that would take over a year to pull off and would become known as the Global Family Reunion.That s the setup, but as always, AJ Jacobs provides us with farinsightful observations on human nature and in this case, the very nature of what constitutes a family Th...Meh This would have been better if it spenttime exploring genetics, family trees, and human connections, and less time complaining about party planning.I became a fan of AJ Jacobs after finishing his first book, The Know it All He expertly is able to combine humor with factual info and make a subject you wouldn t expect to find entertaining, well, entertaining.His newest book starts with the idea that we are all related It s so timely, given the popularity of sites like Ancestry.com and mail in DNA kits.This book gives us some examples of his fam...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Who could get me to read an entire book about genealogy, without holding me hostage and or threatening bodily harm The list is very short, and A.J Jacobs name is right at the top He admits that it s a topic he became interested in only after he had kids, and became old enough to start contemplating his own mortality He also admits that it s one of the most narcissistic pursuits ever I like honesty in a person He outlines the ways that genealogy has been used for less than noble purposes, Who could get me to read an entire book about genealogy, without holding me hostage and or threatening bodily harm The list is very short, and A.J Jacobs name is right at the top He admits that it s a topic he became inter...Did you know that we share an estimated 99.9% of DNA with each other Did you know that most homo sapiens have a small percentage of Neanderthal DNA Or an atom of Beethoven s How about that we share 88% of the same DNA with mice If information like this fascinates you, you ll like the writings of A.J Jacobs I read his first book Know It All when it came out It was his account of reading his way through the encyclopedia I have never read an entire encyclopedia, but I have picked one up m Did you know that we share an estimated 99.9% of DNA with each other Did you know that most homo sapiens have a small percentage of Neanderthal DNA Or an atom of Beethoven s How about that we share 88% of the same DNA with mice If information like this fascinates you, you ll like the writings of A.J Jacobs I read his first book Know It All when it came out It was his account of reading his way through the encyclopedia I have never read an entire encyclopedia, but I have picked one up many times and browsed for hours I also read The Year of Living Biblically and although I would not want to even try it for a day, I found it interesting to read about...

• 06 May 2018
A.J. Jacobs
• Hardcover
• 336 pages
• 1476734496
• A.J. Jacobs
• Its All Relative