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008			211003s2022 nyuafj 001 0deng
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020			_a9780812997927 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0812997921 _q(hardcover)
020			_a9780812987492 _q(paperback)
035			_a(OCoLC)1259585367 _z(OCoLC)1303113242 _z(OCoLC)1308410795
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092			_a929.2097 _bN565
100	1		_aNewton, Maud, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAncestor trouble : _ba reckoning and a reconciliation / _cMaud Newton.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2203
264		1	_aNew York : _bRandom House, _c[2022]
300			_axviii, 378 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, genealogical table ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographic references (pages 331-364) and index.
505	0		_aA doorway -- Not forgotten -- Like a lenticular print -- Skeletons and magnolias -- Family secrets -- DNA sleuthing -- A universal family tree -- Taking a bite -- It skips a generation -- An impulse to leap -- The idea of heredity -- Genes expressing themselves -- Grandma's eyes -- The family face -- Mugshots from DNA -- Grudging kinship -- Chasing the dream -- Emotional recurrences -- Heirlooms and disinheritance -- Monstrous bequests -- Not racist -- Disconnection -- Unacknowledged remains -- The witch -- Generational curses -- Veneration -- Lineage repair -- The namesake -- Beneficial and malignant creativity -- Roots.
520			_a"Maud Newton's ancestors have vexed and fascinated her since she was a girl. Her mother's father, who came of age during the Great Depression in Texas, was supposedly married thirteen times, and survived being shot in the stomach by one of his wives. His father purportedly killed a man in the street with a hay hook, and later died in a mental institution. On her father's side, a Massachusetts ancestor was accused of being a witch, who cast sickness on her neighbor's ox and was later tried in court for causing the death of a child. Maud's father had a master's in aerospace engineering on scholarship from an Ivy League university and was valedictorian of his law school class; he also viewed slavery as a benevolent institution that should never have been disbanded, and would paint over the faces of brown children in her storybooks. He was obsessed with maintaining the purity of his family bloodline, which he could trace back to the days of the Revolutionary War. Her mother was a whirlwind of charisma and passions that could become obsessions; she kept over thirty cats and birds in a tiny two-bedroom apartment, and later started a church in her living room, where she would perform exorcisms. Maud's parents' marriage was acrimonious, their divorce a relief. But the meeting of their lines in her was something she could not shake. She signed up for an online account and began researching her genealogy. She found records of marriages and trials, wills in which her ancestors gave slaves to their spouses and children. The search took over her life. But as she dabbled in DNA testing and found herself sunk in census archives at 1 o'clock in the morning, it was unclear to her what she was looking for. She wanted a truth that would set her free, in a way she hadn't identified yet. This book seeks to understand why the practice of genealogy has become a multi-billion-dollar industry in contemporary America, while also mining the secrets and contradictions of one singularly memorable family history"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aNewton, Maud.
600	1	0	_aNewton, Maud _xFamily.
600	3	0	_aNewton family.
650		0	_aGenealogy. _97411
650		0	_aGenetic genealogy _zUnited States. _9339808
650		0	_aRacism _zUnited States. _953238
651		0	_aUnited States _xRace relations. _928230
655		7	_aAutobiographies. _2lcgft _9728
942			_2ddc _cBOOK
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