Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, It Makes a Difference

How a DNA test helped me rethink my December greetings.

On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving I went to run errands in a town near where I live in rural Wisconsin. It was an exciting time to be out and about; people were cheerfully preparing for one of the big family events of the year. Every person I interacted with wished me a “Happy Thanksgiving” or asked me about my…