{"id":2088,"date":"2024-08-10T18:07:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T22:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/?p=2088"},"modified":"2024-12-01T15:10:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T20:10:09","slug":"december-meeting-heads-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/?p=2088","title":{"rendered":"December Meeting Heads-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At our December 14, 2024 meeting, we will discuss the book, <em>The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are<\/em>, by Libby Copeland.<\/p>\n<p>THIS WILL BE A ZOOM MEETING.<\/p>\n<p>This book examines consumer DNA testing, including its history and its use as a tool in genealogy research. Throughout the book, we follow the story of Alice as she searches for answers about her father&#8217;s ancestry. &#8220;Woven throughout <em>The Lost Family<\/em> is the story of one woman, her unusual results, and a relentless methodical drive for answers that becomes a thoroughly modern genetic detective story.&#8221; &#8211; from the book jacket.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the link below for a list of discussion questions. Join us on December 14 and bring your perspective on DNA testing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"myvKVnL2JF\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/libbycopeland.com\/the-lost-family-book-club-discussion-topics\/\">The Lost Family: Book Club Discussion Topics<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;The Lost Family: Book Club Discussion Topics&#8221; &#8212; Libby Copeland\" src=\"https:\/\/libbycopeland.com\/the-lost-family-book-club-discussion-topics\/embed\/#?secret=hCJjw0Hbjq#?secret=myvKVnL2JF\" data-secret=\"myvKVnL2JF\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE<\/strong>: This book is available as a free download for Amazon Kindle Unlimited subscribers. It is also available as an e-book from JMRL, the library system in the Charlottesville area. It was recently available online as a used book at ThriftBooks for $5.89.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/?attachment_id=2089\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2089\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2089\" src=\"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/book-cover-192x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/book-cover-192x300.jpeg 192w, https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/book-cover.jpeg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At our December 14, 2024 meeting, we will discuss the book, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are, by Libby Copeland. THIS WILL BE A ZOOM MEETING. This book examines consumer DNA testing, including its history &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/?p=2088\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meetings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2088"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2105,"href":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2088\/revisions\/2105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}