In the age of DNA tests and sites like ancestry.com, amateur genealogy is supposedly more accessible than ever. But it often takes far more work to build a family tree than simply swabbing a cheek or looking up names-especially for those whose families were torn apart by war, colonial conquests, and genocide.
Which might be why I've found myself drawn to fictional family trees. Last spring, I read Jasmine Sealy's debut, 2022's The Island of Forgetting, which is loosely based on the fabled lineage of Iapetus, a Titan in ancient Greek mythology from whom all humankind was believed to have descended.
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