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Former Detroiter shares his family history

in heartfelt and humorous memoir.

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Growing Into My Genes

A Genealogical Memoir

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eil Rudin has completed his
family memoir, Growing Into
My Genes (Author House;
$10.99), but his quest to find out
about his ancestry has not been com-
pletely satisfied.
Rudin, who grew up in Detroit and
now divides his time between Buffalo
and Sarasota, keeps making more con-
tacts to learn about relatives — those
who lived in Eastern Europe and their
descendants in America.
"I actually discovered a lot about
myself by writing the book and think-
ing about my past and ancestry, how
Rudin's story writing goes back to
I've been influenced by my Jewish her-
itage as well as my parents and grand- 2003. His study of genealogy began in
2006. The book evolved and was pub-
parents:' says Rudin, 67, a retired
lished in 2010.
professor and university dean.
"The book went in spurts because
"I re-evaluated my parents and
of
my illnesses," says Rudin, who
grandparents, with whom I lived,
donates
proceeds to organizations
from the perspective of maturity,
fighting
amyotrophic lateral sclero-
and I think I better understand their
sis
(ALS),
often referred to as Lou
impact. I hoped to show how they
Gehrig's
disease.
represented a segment of the [Detroit]
"I started to contact relatives who
Jewish community:"
might
have family information. They
Rudin, a parent of two and grand-
would
point me to others, and I
parent of four, began tracking infor-
wound
up contacting people all over
mation without thinking about put-
the
world.
I got letters and e-mails
ting it into a book. As he became more
and
also
was
able to collect pictures to
focused on leaving a genealogy legacy
include."
for his descendants, he was helped by
Rudin, who speaks Yiddish as
his wife, Cheryl, a retired teacher.
taught
by his grandparents, gradu-
"I started doing genealogy because
ated
from
Mumford High School and
I realized how little I knew about
earned
his
bachelor's and master's
my ancestors, who they were and
degrees
at
Wayne
State University
the shtetls from which they came
studying
languages
and literature.
explains Rudin, whose book gives tips
He
went
on
to
earn
his
doctorate
so others can build their own family
in
humanities
at
the
University
of
trees. "In one case, I can trace family
Buffalo.
roots at least 10 generations:'
He worked his way up to aca-
Rudin, who has been confronting
demic dean and senior associate vice
heart and neurological problems,
president at State University College at
started writing short stories about
Buffalo.
his life, which he infused with humor
"I think this book helped my health
to capture both personalities and
because
it gave me an important goal;'
the Jewish legacy of humor, and was
Rudin says. "I got so much pleasure
invited to give presentations,.
from it.
"I took a course in personal writ-
"I'd like to have people related to
ing, and later started doing genealogy':
my parents, Sam and Belle (Schwartz)
Rudin says. "As I began writing about
Rudin, contact me at cherneil49@
my grandparents in the Old Country,
gmail.com . I'm sure that there's so
my ancestors were appearing to me
much more still out there for me to
in dreams and asking me to preserve
learn and know." Pi
their history"

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