Family Trees: A History of Genealogy in America

Americans’ long and restless search for identity through family trees illuminates the story of America itself, according to François Weil, as preoccupation with social standing, racial purity, and national belonging gave way to an embrace of diversity in one’s forebears, pursued through Ancestry.com and advances in DNA testing.

• | Author: Franã§Ois Weil
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: April 30, 2013
• | Number of Pages: 320 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0674045831
• | ISBN-13: 9780674045835