DNA ancestry kits are a fun, simple, and bonding experience for partners to learn more about their background and physical predispositions.

“it's a dna kit i sent it out a couple of months ago i found out wonderous things about me um what i'm physically prone to yeah in terms of my athleticism um i have 10 japanese in my blood which makes me um a sun god um there's a lot of other things that you can find out about 23andme it's simple it'”

Learning about his true Korean heritage and the historical racism his grandfather faced was a transformative awakening that changed his perspective on his own identity.

“it didn't occur to me that there was racism against Koreans in Japan. And I know it's documented. And I'm I know it's in history books, but like I was like there's so much I don't know.”

He believes that the show Finding Your Roots makes history feel more engaging by connecting personal family stories to historical events.

“That's the neat thing I think of what Skip does. It history can be very dry and you go uhu it's intellectual or something. But when you place a relative in a historical setting, all of a sudden you are really interested in that period and what was going on.”