Letter: Who knew that genealogy could be so interesting?
My brother, Lorenzo, spent two years in Italy, tracing our family tree. Because Catholic Churches have kept meticulous records over centuries, he was able to reach into the eleventh century, before being called away. During those days of his search, it was assumed that Italians, other than those of the upper north and very south, including Sicily, of course, were pure, unmixed people. Now, however, we know that was a false assumption. In my own life, my dearest friend, who is Ashkenazi, on her mother's side, and I seem to have a strong blood affinity. The science of genetics has ...
