Prairie Fare: Where are your roots? DNA, food and family traditions

Food can bind families together and keep communities connected. (Pixabay photo)

Food can bind families together and keep communities connected. (Pixabay photo)

Prairie Fare: Where are your roots? DNA, food and family traditions

Prairie Fare: Where are your roots? DNA, food and family traditions

Prairie Fare: Where are your roots? DNA, food and family traditions

Prairie Fare: Where are your roots? DNA, food and family traditions

“I can’t believe this is real!” my husband exclaimed. “They use DNA to solve crimes all the time,” I replied.

I was corresponding online with a distant cousin who had matched my DNA profile. No crimes were involved, by the way.

“No one would know that!” he said after she recalled something about me.

Several years ago, I bought DNA testing kits. I was excited to send in a saliva sample, but my husband…