The world's largest family reunion ... we're all invited! | A.J. Jacobs

Prevoditelj: Mirjana Šarčević Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

Six months ago, I got an email

Prije šest mjeseci dobio sam e-mail

from a man in Israel

od jednog čovjeka iz Izraela

who had read one of my books,

koji je pročitao jednu od mojih knjiga

and the email said,

i u e-mailu je pisalo sljedeće:

"You don't know me,

"Ti me ne znaš,

but I'm your 12th cousin."

ali ja sam tvoj dvanaesti rođak.".

And it said, "I have a family tree

Nadalje, pisalo je: "Imam obiteljsko stablo

with 80,000 people on it, including you,

s 80 000 osoba, uključujući i tebe,

Karl Marx,

Karla Marxa,

and several European aristocrats."

i nekoliko europskih aristokrata."

Now I did not know what to make of this.

Kada sam ga pročitao, nisam znao što učiniti s time.

Part of me was like, okay,

Dio mene mislio je, u redu,

when's he going to ask me to wire

kada će me zatražiti da pošaljem

10,000 dollars to his Nigerian bank, right?

10 000 dolara u njegovu Nigerijsku banku?

I also thought, 80,000 relatives,

Također sam pomislio, 80 000 rođaka,

do I want that?

želim li to?

I have enough trouble with some of the ones

Imam dovoljno problema s nekima

I have already.

koje već imam.

And I won't name names, but you know who you are.

I neću nikoga prozivati, ali vi znate na koje se to odnosi.

But another part of me said, this is remarkable.

Ali drugi dio mene je govorio: Ovo je izvanredno.

Here I am alone in my office, but I'm not alone at all.

Sam sam u svom uredu, a zapravo nisam uopće sam.

I'm connected to 80,000 people around the world,

Povezan sam s 80 000 ljudi diljem svijeta,

and that's four Madison Square Gardens

što je kao četiri Madison Square Gardena

full of cousins.

puna rođaka.

And some of them are going to be great,

I neki od njih će biti super,

and some of them are going to be irritating,

neki od njih će biti iritantni,

but they're all related to me.

ali oni su svi povezani sa mnom.

So this email inspired me to dive into genealogy,

Stoga me ovaj e-mail inspirirao da zaronim u genealogiju,

which I always thought was a very staid and proper field,

za koju sam uvijek mislio da je vrlo ozbiljno i pristojno polje,

but it turns out it's going through a fascinating

ali se ispostavilo da prolazi kroz fascinantnu

revolution, and a controversial one.

i kontroverznu revoluciju.

Partly, this is because of DNA and genetic testing,

Dijelom, to je zbog DNA i genetskog testiranja,

but partly, it's because of the Internet.

ali dijelom i zbog Interneta.

There are sites that now take

Postoje stranice koje preuzimaju

the Wikipedia approach to family trees,

Wikipedijin pristup obiteljskim stablima,

collaboration and crowdsourcing,

suradnjom i crowdsourcingom,

and what you do is,

a ono što vi radite jest

you load your family tree on,

da učitavate svoje obiteljsko stablo,

and then these sites search

a ove stranice tada pretražuju

to see if the A.J. Jacobs in your tree

kako bi vidjele je li A. J. Jacobs u vašem obiteljskom stablu

is the same as the A.J. Jacobs in another tree,

jednak onom A. J. Jacobsu u drugom obiteljskom stablu

and if it is, then you can combine,

te, ako je, možete to udruživati,

and then you combine and combine and combine

udruživati, udruživati i udruživati

until you get these massive,

dok ne dobijete ova ogromna,

mega-family trees

mega-obiteljska stabla

with thousands of people on them,

s tisućama ljudi u njima,

or even millions.

ili čak s milijunima.

I'm on something on Geni called

Ja sam u nekom takozvanom

the world family tree,

svjetskom obiteljskom stablu,

which has no less than a jaw-dropping

koje ima vrtoglavih

75 million people.

75 milijuna ljudi.

So that's 75 million people connected by blood

Dakle, to je 75 milijuna ljudi povezanih krvlju

or marriage, sometimes both.

ili brakom, ili ponekad i jednim i drugim.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

It's in all seven continents, including Antarctica.

To je, dakle, na svih sedam kontinenata, uključujući i Antarktiku.

I'm on it. Many of you are on it,

Ja sam u tome. Mnogi od vas su u tome,

whether you know it or not,

znali to ili ne,

and you can see the links.

i možete vidjeti poveznice.

Here's my cousin Gwyneth Paltrow.

Ovdje je moja rođakinja Gwyneth Paltrow.

She has no idea I exist,

Ona nema pojma da ja postojim,

but we are officially cousins.

ali mi smo službeno rođaci.

We have just 17 links between us.

Između nas je samo 17 karika.

And there's my cousin Barack Obama.

Evo i mog rođaka Baracka Obame.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

And he is my aunt's fifth great-aunt's husband's

On je sedmi pranećak supruge oca

father's wife's seventh great-nephew,

petog pra-ujninog muža moje ujne,

so practically my old brother.

dakle, praktički, moj stariji brat.

And my cousin, of course,

I, naravno, moj rođak,

the actor Kevin Bacon --

glumac Kevin Bacon --

(Laughter) —

(Smijeh) —

who is my first cousin's twice removed's

koji je muž nećakinje prvog rođaka

wife's niece's husband's first cousin once removed's

muža nećakinje žene

niece's husband.

mog rođaka drugog koljena.

So six degrees of Kevin Bacon,

Dakle, 6 stupnjeva Kevina Bacona,

plus or minus several degrees.

plus ili minus koji stupanj.

Now, I'm not boasting, because all of you

Sada, nije da se ja hvalim, jer svatko od vas

have famous people and historical figures

ima poznate ljude i povijesne osobe

in your tree, because we are all connected,

u svom stablu jer svi smo mi povezani,

and 75 million may seem like a lot,

i 75 milijuna se može činiti kao puno,

but in a few years, it's quite likely

ali kroz nekoliko godina, vrlo je lako moguće

we will have a family tree

da ćemo imati obiteljsko stablo

with all, almost all, seven billion people on Earth.

sa svih, gotovo svih sedam milijardi ljudi na Zemlji.

But does it really matter?

No je li to zbilja važno?

What's the importance?

U čemu je važnost?

And I do think it is important,

Ja mislim da je važno

and I'll give you five reasons why, really quickly.

i dat ću vam pet vrlo kratkih razloga zašto to mislim.

First, it's got scientific value.

Kao prvo, ovo ima znanstvenu vrijednost.

This is an unprecedented history of the human race,

Ovo je jedinstvena povijest ljudske rase

and it's giving us valuable data

i daje nam dragocjene podatke

about how diseases are inherited,

o tome kako su bolesti naslijeđene,

how people migrate,

kako su ljudi migrirali,

and there's a team of scientists at MIT right now

i upravo sada na istraživačkom sveučilištu MIT u SAD-u postoji tim znanstvenika

studying the world family tree.

koji proučava svjetsko obiteljsko stablo.

Number two, it brings history alive.

Drugo, to oživljava povijest.

I found out I'm connected to Albert Einstein,

Ja sam saznao da sam povezan s Albertom Einsteinom,

so I told my seven-year-old son that,

rekao sam to svom semogodišnjem sinu

and he was totally engaged.

i njega je to okupiralo.

Now Albert Einstein is not some dead white guy

Sada Albert Einstein nije neki mrtvi bijelac

with weird hair.

s čudnom frizurom.

He's Uncle Albert. (Laughter)

On je ujak Albert. (Smijeh)

And my son wanted to know,

I mog sina je tada zanimalo:

"What did he say? What is E = MC squared?"

"Što je on rekao? Što znači E = MC na kvadrat?"

Also, it's not all good news.

Međutim, nije sve u dobrim vijestima.

I found a link to Jeffrey Dahmer, the serial killer,

Pronašao sam poveznicu do Jeffreya Dahmera, serijskog ubojice,

but I will say that's on my wife's side.

ali reći ću da je to rođak od strane moje žene.

(Laughter) (Applause)

(Smijeh) (Pljesak)

So I want to make that clear. Sorry, honey.

Dakle, da to raščistimo. Oprosti, dušo.

Number three, interconnectedness.

Treći razlog bi bio - međupovezanost.

We all come from the same ancestor,

Svi potječemo od istih predaka,

and you don't have to believe the literal Bible version,

i ne morate vjerovati doslovnoj biblijskoj verziji,

but scientists talk about Y chromosomal Adam

ali znanstvenici govore o Adamovom Y kromosomu

and mitochondrial Eve,

mitohondrijima Eve

and these were about 100,000 to 300,000 years ago.

starima 100 000 do 300 000 godina.

We all have a bit of their DNA in us.

Svi mi imamo maleni dio njihovog DNA u nama.

They are our great-great-great-great-great-great --

oni su naši pra - pra - pra - pra - pra - pra --

continue that for about 7,000 times --

i ponovite to još kojih 7 000 puta --

grandparents,

pradjed i prabaka,

and so that means we literally all are

stoga, to znači da smo svi mi doslovno

biological cousins as well,

biološki rođaci,

and estimates vary, but probably

i procjene variraju, ali najvjerojatnije

the farthest cousin you have on Earth

je tvoj najdalji rođak na Zemlji

is about a 50th cousin.

tvoj pedeseti rođak.

Now, it's not just ancestors we share, descendants.

Međutim, ne dijelimo samo pretke, već i potomke.

If you have kids, and they have kids,

Ako imate djecu i vaša djeca imaju djecu,

look how quickly the descendants accumulate.

gledajte kako se brzo potomci akumuliraju.

So in 10, 12 generations,

U sljedećih deset, dvanaest generacija,

you're going to have thousands of offspring,

imat ćete tisuće potomaka,

and millions of offspring.

milijune potomaka.

Number four, a kinder world.

Četvrti razlog: ljubazniji svijet.

Now, I know that there are family feuds.

Dakle, znam da postoje obiteljski sukobi.

I have three sons, so I see how they fight.

Ja imam tri sina pa vidim kako se oni svađaju.

But I think that there's also a human bias

Ali također vjerujem da postoji ljudska skolonost

to treat your family a little better than strangers.

da svoju obitelj tretirate malo bolje nego strance.

I think this tree is going to be bad news for bigots,

Mislim da će ovo stablo biti loša vijest za ljude sklone predrasudama

because they're going to have to realize

jer će oni morati shvatiti

that they are cousins with thousands of people

da su rođaci s tisućama ljudi

in whatever ethnic group they happen

u etničkim skupinama

to have issues with,

s kojima oni imaju problema.

and I think you look back at history,

I mislim da, kada pogledate natrag kroz povijest,

and a lot of the terrible things we've done to each other

mnogo loših stvari koje smo učinili jedni drugima

is because one group thinks another group is sub-human,

dogodilo se zbog razmišljanja jedne skupine da je neka druga skupina manje ljudska,

and you can't do that anymore.

i to više ne možete raditi.

We're not just part of the same species.

Mi nismo samo dio iste vrste.

We're part of the same family.

Dio smo iste obitelji.

We share 99.9 percent of our DNA.

Dijelimo 99,9 % svog DNA.

Now the final one is number five,

I, konačan broj je broj pet:

a democratizing effect.

efekt demokratizacije.

Some genealogy has an elitist strain,

Neko rodoslovlje ima elitističku stranu,

like people say, "Oh, I'm descended

kao kad ljudi kažu: "Ah, ja potječem

from Mary Queen of Scots

od Marije I., škotske kraljice,

and you're not, so you cannot join my country club."

a ti ne, stoga se ne možeš učlaniti u moj klub."

But that's really going to be hard to do now,

A sada će to biti vrlo teško učiniti

because everyone is related.

jer svi su povezani.

I'm descended from Mary Queen of Scots --

Ja potječem od Marije I., škotske kraljice --

by marriage, but still.

brakom, ali svejedno potječem.

So it's really a fascinating time

Stoga je ovo vrlo fascinantno vrijeme

in the history of family,

za obiteljsku povijest

because it's changing so fast.

jer se ona mijenja tako brzo.

There is gay marriage and sperm donors

Postoje homoseksualni brakovi i donatori sperme,

and there's intermarriage on an unprecedented scale,

postoje mješoviti brakovi neviđenih razmjera,

and this makes some of my more conservative cousins

i to čini neke od mojih konzervativnih rođaka

a little nervous,

malo nervoznima,

but I actually think it's a good thing.

ali ja zapravo mislim da je to dobra stvar.

I think the more inclusive the idea of family is,

Ja mislim da, što je ideja obitelji više uključujuća,

the better,

tim bolje,

because then you have more potential caretakers,

jer tada imate više osoba da brinu o vama,

and as my aunt's eighth cousin twice removed

i, kao što je osma rođakinja moje ujne

Hillary Clinton says --

Hilary Clinton rekla --

(Laughter) —

(Smijeh) —

it takes a village.

potrebno je selo.

So I have all these hundreds and thousands,

Dakle, imam sve ove stotine, tisuće,

millions of new cousins.

milijune novih rođaka.

I thought, what can I do with this information?

I pomislio sam, što mogu učiniti s ovim informacijama?

And that's when I decided,

I tada sam odlučio,

why not throw a party?

zašto ne organizirati tulum?

So that's what I'm doing.

I to je ono što radim.

And you're all invited.

A svi vi ste pozvani.

Next year, next summer,

Sljedeće godine, sljedeće ljeto,

I will be hosting what I hope is

nadam se da ću biti domaćin

the biggest and best family reunion in history.

najvećeg i najboljeg obiteljskog okupljanja u povijesti.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

Thank you. I want you there.

Hvala vam. Volio bih da budete tamo.

I want you there.

Volio bih da budete tamo.

It's going to be at the New York Hall of Science,

Održat će se u New York Hall of Science

which is a great venue,

koje je odlično mjesto,

but it's also on the site of the former World's Fair,

ali i mjesto bivšeg Svjetskog sajma,

which is, I think, very appropriate,

a to je, vjerujem, vrlo prigodno

because I see this as a family reunion

jer ja ovo vidim kao obiteljsko okupljanje

meets a world's fair.

koje susreće svjetski sajam.

There's going to be exhibits and food, music.

Bit će izlagača i hrane i glazbe.

Paul McCartney is 11 steps away,

Paul McCartney je jedanaesto koljeno

so I'm hoping he brings his guitar.

pa se nadam da će ponijeti svoju gitaru.

He hasn't RSVP'd yet, but fingers crossed.

Još nije potvrdio svoj dolazak, ali držim palčeve.

And there is going to be a day of speakers,

Bit će i dan govornika,

of fascinating cousins.

fascinantnih rođaka.

It's early, but I've already,

Još je rano,

I've got some lined up.

ali već sam neke stvari organizirao.

Cass Sunstein, my cousin who is perhaps

Govorit će Cass Sunstein, moj rođak koji je recimo

the most brilliant legal scholar, will be talking.

najbrilijantniji pravni znanstvenik.

He was a former member of the Obama administration.

Bio je član Obamine administracije.

And on the other side of the political spectrum,

S druge strane političkog spektra,

George H.W. Bush, number 41, the father,

George H. W. Bush, broj 41, otac,

he has agreed to participate,

također se složio da će sudjelovati,

and Nick Kroll, the comedian,

kao i Nick Kroll, komičar,

and Dr. Oz, and many more to come.

Dr. Oz i još mnogi drugi.

And, of course, the most important is that you,

I, naravno, najvažniji ste vi,

I want you guys there,

vas, ljudi, želim tamo.

and I invite you to go to GlobalFamilyReunion.org

I pozivam vas da odete na stranicu GlobalFamilyReunion.org

and figure out how you're on the family tree,

i vidite gdje ste na obiteljskom stablu

because these are big issues, family and tribe,

jer ovo su velika pitanja, obitelj i pleme,

and I don't know all the answers,

a ja ne znam sve odgovore,

but I have a lot of smart relatives,

ali imam pametne rođake

including you guys,

uključujući i vas,

so together, I think we can figure it out.

stoga mislim da zajedno možemo doći do zaključaka.

Only together can we solve these big problems.

Samo zajedno možemo razriješiti ove velike probleme.

So from cousin to cousin,

Stoga kao rođak rođaku,

I thank you. I can't wait to see you.

vam želim zahvaliti. Jedva čekam da vas vidim.

Goodbye.

Do viđenja!

(Applause)

(Pljesak)