Today’s the release day for A. J. Jacob’s latest, It’s All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World’s Family Tree. This is a fun and easy read about genealogy and the notion of families in general. In it Jacobs (The Know-It-All and The Year of Living Biblically) works on his own family tree, meditates on the nature of family, and plots to host the world’s largest family reunion culminating in the Global Family Reunion in June of 2015. It includes big topics—privacy, scandal, DNA and “non-paternal events,” tradition and tribalism, and embracing failure—all handled with humor and care. It made me laugh and groan, but it’s also very hopeful for our global family.
Happy hunting (and reading),
Jess
Genie Road Trip 
November 7, 2017 at 12:00 pm
I’ve heard about this book! My name is already on the wait list for it from our local library. I’ve heard this book is really good but I didn’t fully understand what it was about. So I’m glad to read your post about it today. If you enjoyed it so much, I probably will like it, too.
November 7, 2017 at 12:02 pm
It’s fun and something you can read in quick snatches of time too!