February 3, 2006

Deep Roots and Tangled Branches

By TROY DUSTER

People who know their biological parents and grandparents typically take the information for granted. Some have a difficult time empathizing with the passionate genealogical quests of adoptees and, increasingly, products of anonymous sperm banks and other new technologies where one or both genetic contributors are unknown. In recent years, new legislation has enabled people to search for information about genetic progenitors — even in cases where there had been a signed agreement

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