Heredity: Stories about where we come from
b'This week, we present two stories about people understanding their links to their past.\\nPart 1: A question that Laura Spink asked her parents as a kid comes up again when her own child begins to ask similar questions.\\nPart 2: After Denise Coberley brings up her doubt in the Bible to her adoptive religious parents, she finds herself on a journey of self-discovery.\\nLaura Spinkis a\\xa0 vocalist/percussionist in the Toronto-based duo, The Young Novelists.\\xa0 She has toured Canada, the United States, and Europe, and the band has\\xa0 won a Canadian Folk Music Award for New/Emerging Artist of the Year.\\xa0 Besides working full-time in music, Laura graduated with a Geochemistry\\xa0 degree from the University of Waterloo and works part-time at the\\xa0 Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. She is also\\xa0 the proud mom of an amazing 7-year old son.\\xa0 \\nDenise Coberley has been a science educator for\\xa0 twenty-three years. She is now pursuing a Master\\u2019s in Science\\xa0 Communication with a minor in Linguistics and Neuroscience. Her\\xa0 acceptance to the graduate program at Greenlee School of Journalism at\\xa0 Iowa State University allowed her to reconnect with her academic roots.\\xa0 Coberley\\u2019s goal is to understand how people react and develop science\\xa0 identities and opinions based on their interactions with media,\\xa0 including social, print, and news. Her husband, who works at ISU, and\\xa0 her children, who attend ISU, are her biggest cheerleaders. \\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'