An ephemeral birthmark is a rare gift, connecting me to generations spanning the centuries.
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Who Was She? A DNA Test Only Opened New Mysteries
For most of her life, Alice Collins Plebuch believed she was the daughter of Irish Americans. A DNA test upended everything she thought she knew about her family history.
Posted inNonfiction
I’ve Found Her
Photos of an elderly French stranger has one Canadian writer examining the threads that connect people across continents and generations.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
I’ve Found Her
Photos of an elderly French stranger has one Canadian writer examining the threads that connect people across continents and generations.
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A Son’s Race to Give His Dying Father Artificial Immortality
After his father was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer, James Vlahos began programming a chatbot that could emulate his father using stories from his life.
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My Parents Said I Bruised Easily
An excerpt from Estranged: Leaving Family and Finding Home, by Jessica Berger Gross.
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Becoming Estranged from My Family ‘Was the Best Thing for Me’
Jessica Berger Gross on what it means to sever ties with your family.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews
Becoming Estranged from My Family ‘Was the Best Thing for Me’
Jessica Berger Gross on what it means to sever ties with your family.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
Becoming Estranged from My Family ‘Was the Best Thing for Me’
Jessica Berger Gross on what it means to sever ties with your family.
Posted inReading List
Unknowable Dads: A Father’s Day Reading List
For retailers, fathers have simple needs: books, steaks, gadgets. But the dads most of us grew up with, and without, are a more inscrutable lot.