Dani Shapiro’s memoir, Inheritance, tells of her discovery at age 54, that her devoutly Orthodox Jewish father (many years deceased), was not her biological father. The discovery was made via genealogy testing, done for interest, almost a lark.

It wasn’t so much my future that was being irrevocably altered by this discovery – it was my past.

Apart from my long-held interest in genetics and epigenetics, this book gripped me for other reasons – Continue reading →