Unacknowledged

Nature or Nurture? How About Both – Epigenetics

Ora Smith | September 29, 2022

The science of epigenetics fascinates me. I studied and wrote on the subject in my book Unacknowledged. Epigenetics is the idea that the trauma your ancestor(s) experienced could have changed their genes, and those genes were passed down to you……

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For Book Unacknowledged, Guest Speaker on Podcast – A Reel Page Turner

Ora Smith | March 22, 2022

The podcast A Reel Page Turner is a show that compares the movie to the book. On A Reel Page Turner I was a guest speaker for the comparison of the movie The Aviator with Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, and Kate…..

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Was Howard Hughes Jr.’s eccentricity born of one woman’s checkered youth?

Ora Smith | November 30, 2021

I didn’t expect to consider that possibility when I set out to write Unacknowledged: The Possible Biological Mother of Howard Hughes. But as I researched, I had to wonder. Hughes was a household name for decades, but was his oddball…..

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