Newton’s maternal grandfather, raised during the plight of the Great Depression in Texas, was believed to have 13 wives, one of whom he shot to death. Prompted by her own fascinating and troubling family, Newton was inspired to explore her genetic history. … The stories we tell ourselves about our ancestors have the power to shape us, in some ways nearly as much as our genetics do.” Newton confronts the question head-on that many people struggle with daily: Will the predetermined genetic history of my family follow me into adulthood and beyond? Early in her debut nonfiction book, Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation, Maud Newton writes, “The alchemy between our genes and our individuality is a mystery we keep trying to solve.
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