Event

*Featuring Sociology professor Wendy Roth.

Over the last few years, millions of people have turned to direct-to-consumer genomics companies to learn more about their genes, their health risks, and their ancestries. With remarkable frequency, the results of these tests have uncovered secrets that no-one was looking for—secrets that have altered understandings of family relationships and histories and revealed unsuspected connections among perfect strangers. This day-long symposium, with a keynote presentation by noted writer Dani Shapiro (author of the bestselling memoir Inheritance) and talks by an all-star lineup of scholars, will explore the stories of people who have learned the secrets of their families through DNA testing, along with the history, medicine, science, law, and ethics of this fascinating, challenging, and deeply personal new phenomenon.

Registration is free and open to the public: http://bit.ly/DNAFamilySecrets