Ancestry Travel

Everyone loves a holiday! A little time off for some much-【小题1】(need) R&R(rest and relaxation)can be exactly the thing to re-energize and refresh. That said, if you’re struggling to think of your next destination then look no further. Don’t waste time 【小题2】 (debate). Let your blood decide.

Everybody has a lineage(血统). Recently, finding out more 【小题3】 our family origins has become popular. By the start of 2019, 26 million people 【小题4】 (take) an ancestry DNA test at home, according to a report by MIT Technology Review. They believe by 2021 this number will have risen to 100 million.

This trend 【小题5】 (notice) by opportunistic travel operators. Some are looking to provide a service that both allows people to trace their heritage—by literally going back to their roots—and travel to the destinations 【小题6】 their ancestors originated.

Recently, Airbnb, an online lodging market place, has partnered with 23andMe, a DNA testing and analysis company,【小题7】 (offer) recommendations that encourage travellers to walk in the footsteps of their forefathers. And they aren’t the only ones.

The Shelbourne hotel in Dublin has its own “genealogy butler(家谱管家)”. Hellen Kelly offers consultations to help guests trace their Irish line of descent(后代)using official records, 【小题8】 allows them to “fill in the blanks of their Irish ancestry”, she told Good Morning America.

The Conte Club, a luxury travel company, offers custom itineraries(行程)based on DNA tests. “These experiences are about exploring deeper into 【小题9】 we really are,” says Conte Club CEO Rebecca Fielding in an article in the Condé Nast Traveler. “It might be the most meaningful trip we can take.”

So next time you think of going on vacation, why not take a DNA test first? 【小题10】 you know how far your family has come, take the time to holiday back.