RE: True history hides deep under the bark of the family tree By DeWayne Wickham
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2010/03/column-true-history-hides-deep-under-the-bark-of-the-family-tree-.html#more
Dear Editor,
I very much enjoyed Dewayne Wickham's "True history hides deep under the bark of the family tree", honoring his beloved Aunt Arline, and celebrating the human family.
Science does indeed give us a miraculous ability to discover genetic connections and suggested histories we might find surprising and intriguing- fascinating for many different potential reasons.
We can at best guess what various far flung ancestors might have believed or thought, but religion is not written on DNA, nor is basic dignity... Thankfully we are free to make the most of our own modern complex and often confusing selves, free to exchange ideas and knowledge with others, free to experience life- free to think and come to our own conclusions about both the past and the present, and the gift of life itself.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
Growing Gardens for Palestine
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