{"id":2107,"date":"2024-12-08T14:38:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T19:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/?p=2107"},"modified":"2024-12-08T14:38:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T19:38:55","slug":"december-2024-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/?p=2107","title":{"rendered":"December 2024 meeting"},"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=\"vZ5gnbWdJS\"><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=CxELn7GAL8#?secret=vZ5gnbWdJS\" data-secret=\"vZ5gnbWdJS\" 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","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=2107\">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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2107","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=2107"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2109,"href":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2107\/revisions\/2109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}