Five Things I've Learned in My Search for My Roots
I admit to more than a casual interest in genealogy shows like PBS’s “Finding Your Roots” and Lifetime’s “Who Do You Think You Are?,” where famous folk find out that they’re descended from Founding Fathers or Scottish Kings. I, too, have been curious about my own genetic makeup, but since I’m not a celebrity, no one’s going to pay for my tests and send a film crew to reveal my results for dramatic effect.
So like more than 12 million people worldwide, I went the DIY route and did a consumer genetic genealogy test — two, in fact.
