Thicker than Water: A Memoir

The narrative picks up the thread at the end of the Prologue: Kerry is back with her parents in the present. They reveal that Kerry was conceived using artificial insemination, meaning that her father is not her biological father. Struggling for words, she thanks them for being honest. This is the first time that they have given her the full truth of her life.

They do not know who the donor was, requesting only that he be Black and healthy. She tries to comfort Earl, making him feel like nothing will change between them. She admits that she’s curious and asks when they were going to tell her. Her mother admits that they initially planned not to do so. Kerry then says that they can now all love one another in the light of knowing each other more.

A few months earlier, she approached Professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr., about being on his show Finding Your Roots, which she had not previously been able to do because she was always swamped with films and Scandal. However, she was interested in being a guest on the ancestry-oriented program. She thought it might help her

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