Annie the Book reviewed Ancestor Trouble by Maud Newton
Ancestor Trouble, by Maud Newton
4 stars
Maud Newton, the author of Ancestor Trouble, is the product of two people who decided to get married because, her father said, they would have smart children together. Newton’s mother and father contributed more than DNA; they also brought their prejudices, mental illnesses, and other potentially damaging factors into their parenting. This memoir dives headfirst into the question of how our parents shaped us, how their parents shaped them, and on back through the centuries using genealogical and historical research, DNA ancestry testing, and family stories...
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