Diversity, Equity and Inclusion….We invented it.
Now that’s the funny thing about #23andme #dnatesting. Within our family we know of Native American ancestors from a couple generations back, yet I have none on my 23andme DNA. I have found more than a few surprises on my test, including the fact that my paternal grandfather was almost certainly a cuckold for my father. I think that’s how you use that strange word.We had a few clues before his death, but that kept us scratching our head because a distant cousin of his whom we had just met said: “Your parents weren’t married.” And my father got upset, and said: “I’ll show her the dang marriage certificate!”….that and there was a MATCHING grandfather and father with a very similar name who used to visit my father when he was a boy in Ward 4 in Holyoke. He said the meetings were always “business like” Not until after his...