Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2024-04-29
Books mentioned on Extra: Why Is 23andMe Going Under? (Update)
Five years ago, we published an episode about the boom in home DNA testing kits, focusing on the high-flying firm 23andMe and its C.E.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Inheritance
Dani Shapiro's deeply personal memoir Inheritance recounts the author's shocking discovery through a commercial genealogy test that her biological father was not the man who raised her, forcing a profound reexamination of her family history and identity.
Discussed“It’s so curious to me because I've read the book 'Inheritance' by Dani Shapiro. I haven't read it, but I know she came from an Orthodox Jewish family and was always the blonde outlier.”
