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6 - The Locked Box and the Family Tree

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 November 2022

Daniel Gibbs  and
Teresa H. Barker
Daniel Gibbs
Affiliation:
Emeritus of Oregon Health and Science University
Teresa H. Barker
Affiliation:
Freelance journalist and author of scientific non-fiction
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Lois had retired professionally from her career as a librarian when we moved to Portland, but her tenacious appetite for digging and discovery found fertile soil in family life. She became an ardent genealogist – she loves puzzles and loves that genealogy is all about solving puzzles and mysteries. She is as happy digging online as she is digging in the garden – which is to say, very happy. This always led to interesting choices for our rare downtime, and I was a grateful beneficiary of her book and TV viewing recommendations. In 2012, we had become fans of the PBS series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a show that used a combination of traditional genealogical research and DNA testing to trace the family histories of famous people. Around this time, she had been stumped in her efforts to clarify some of the obscure branches of our respective family trees.

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A Tattoo on my Brain
A Neurologist's Personal Battle against Alzheimer's Disease
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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