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

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Six months ago, I got an email

Pre šest meseci, dobio sam imejl

from a man in Israel

od čoveka iz Izraela

koji je pročitao jednu od mojih knjiga,

who had read one of my books,

and the email said,

i u imejlu je pisalo:

"You don't know me,

"Ne poznajete me,

but I'm your 12th cousin."

ali ja sam vaš dvanaesti rođak."

And it said, "I have a family tree

I pisalo je: "Imam porodično stablo

with 80,000 people on it, including you,

sa 80 000 ljudi na njemu, uključujući vas,

Karl Marx,

Karla Marksa,

and several European aristocrats."

i nekolicinu evropskih aristokrata."

Now I did not know what to make of this.

Nisam znao šta da kažem na to.

Part of me was like, okay,

Deo mene govorio je u redu,

when's he going to ask me to wire

kada će me pitati da uplatim

10,000 dollars to his Nigerian bank, right?

10 000 dolara na njegov račun u nigerijskoj banci?

I also thought, 80,000 relatives,

Takođe sam pomislio, 80 000 rođaka,

do I want that?

da li ja to želim?

I have enough trouble with some of the ones

Imam dovoljno problema i sa nekima

I have already.

koje već imam.

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

Neću navoditi imena, ali vi znate ko ste.

But another part of me said, this is remarkable.

Ali drugi deo mene rekao je, ovo je izvanredno.

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

Evo me samog u mojoj kancelariji, ali uopšte nisam sam.

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

Povezan sam sa 80 000 ljudi širom sveta

and that's four Madison Square Gardens

i to je četiri Medison Skver Gardena

full of cousins.

puna rođaka.

And some of them are going to be great,

I neki od njih će biti sjajni,

and some of them are going to be irritating,

neki će biti iritantni,

but they're all related to me.

ali su svi u rodu sa mnom.

So this email inspired me to dive into genealogy,

Tako me je ovaj imejl inspirisao da se bavim genealogijom,

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

za koju sam oduvek mislio da je veoma ozbiljna i istinita oblast,

but it turns out it's going through a fascinating

ali ispostavilo se da prolazi kroz fascinantan

revolution, and a controversial one.

i kontroverzan preobražaj.

Partly, this is because of DNA and genetic testing,

Ovo je delimično zbog DNK i genetskog testiranja,

but partly, it's because of the Internet.

ali delimično i zbog interneta.

There are sites that now take

Postoje sajtovi koji sada preuzimaju

the Wikipedia approach to family trees,

Vikipedijin pristup porodičnom stablu,

collaboration and crowdsourcing,

saradnju i onlajn istraživanja,

and what you do is,

i vi treba da

you load your family tree on,

učitate svoje porodično stablo

and then these sites search

i onda ovi sajtovi pretražuju

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

da vide da li je Ej Džej Džejkobs na vašem drvetu

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

isti onaj Ej Džej Džejkobs na drugom drvetu,

and if it is, then you can combine,

i ako jeste, onda možete da spajate,

and then you combine and combine and combine

i onda spajate i spajate i spajate

until you get these massive,

dok ne dobijete ova obimna

mega-family trees

mega-porodična stabla

with thousands of people on them,

sa hiljadama ljudi na njima,

or even millions.

ili čak milionima.

I'm on something on Geni called

Ja sam na nečemu što se zove Geni - to je

the world family tree,

svetsko porodično stablo,

which has no less than a jaw-dropping

koje nema manje od zapanjujućih

75 million people.

75 miliona ljudi.

So that's 75 million people connected by blood

To je 75 miliona ljudi povezanih krvlju

or marriage, sometimes both.

ili brakom, nekada oboje.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

It's in all seven continents, including Antarctica.

Prostire se na svih sedam kontinenata, uključujući Antarktik.

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

Ja sam na njemu. Mnogi od vas su,

whether you know it or not,

bilo da to znate ili ne,

and you can see the links.

i možete videti veze.

Here's my cousin Gwyneth Paltrow.

Evo je moja rođaka Gvinet Paltrou.

She has no idea I exist,

Ona nema ni ideju da ja postojim,

but we are officially cousins.

ali smo zvanično rođaci.

We have just 17 links between us.

Imamo samo 17 spona između nas.

And there's my cousin Barack Obama.

I evo ga moj rođak Barak Obama.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

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

I on je sedmi pranećak supruge oca

father's wife's seventh great-nephew,

supruga pete praujne moje ujne,

so practically my old brother.

znači praktično moj stariji brat.

And my cousin, of course,

I moj rođak, naravno

the actor Kevin Bacon --

glumac Kevin Bejkon -

(Laughter) —

(Smeh) -

who is my first cousin's twice removed's

koji je moje prve rođake po drugom kolenu

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

ženinog muža nećaka po prvom kolenu

niece's husband.

nećakin muž.

So six degrees of Kevin Bacon,

To je šest veza Kevina Bejkona,

plus or minus several degrees.

plus ili minus nekoliko veza.

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

Ne hvalim se, zato što svi vi

have famous people and historical figures

imate poznate i istorijske ličnosti

in your tree, because we are all connected,

na svom stablu, zato što smo svi povezani,

and 75 million may seem like a lot,

i 75 miliona se možda čini mnogo,

but in a few years, it's quite likely

ali je za nekoliko godina veoma izvesno

we will have a family tree

da ćemo imati porodično stablo

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

sa svih, skoro svih, sedam milijardi ljudi na Zemlji.

But does it really matter?

Ali da li je to uopšte bitno?

What's the importance?

Koja je važnost?

And I do think it is important,

I ja mislim da je važno

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

i daću vam pet razloga zašto, veoma brzo.

First, it's got scientific value.

Prvo, ima naučnu važnost.

This is an unprecedented history of the human race,

Ovo je jedinstvena istorija ljudske vrste,

and it's giving us valuable data

i pruža nam dragocene podatke

about how diseases are inherited,

o tome kako se bolesti nasleđuju,

how people migrate,

kako ljudi migriraju,

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

i trenutno je na MIT-u tim naučnika

studying the world family tree.

koji proučava svetsko porodično stablo.

Number two, it brings history alive.

Kao drugo, oživljava istoriju.

I found out I'm connected to Albert Einstein,

Otkrio sam da sam povezan sa Albertom Ajnštajnom,

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

pa sam to rekao svom sedmogodišnjem sinu,

and he was totally engaged.

i bio je u potpunosti zainteresovan.

Now Albert Einstein is not some dead white guy

Sada Albert Ajnštajn nije samo neki mrtvi belac

with weird hair.

sa uvrnutom frizurom.

He's Uncle Albert. (Laughter)

On je ujka Albert. (Smeh)

And my son wanted to know,

I moj sin je želeo da zna:

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

"Šta je on rekao? Šta je E = MC na kvadrat?"

Also, it's not all good news.

Takođe, nisu sve vesti dobre.

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

Pronašao sam vezu ka Džefriju Dameru, serijskom ubici,

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

ali moram reći da je to sa ženine strane.

(Laughter) (Applause)

(Smeh) (Aplauz)

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

Samo to želim da razjasnim. Izvini, draga.

Number three, interconnectedness.

Kao treće, povezanost.

We all come from the same ancestor,

Svi potičemo od istog pretka,

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

i ne morate da verujete doslovno u biblijsku verziju,

but scientists talk about Y chromosomal Adam

ali naučnici govore o Adamu sa Y hromozomom

and mitochondrial Eve,

i Evi sa mitohondrijom,

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

i ovo se događalo pre oko 100.000 do 300.000 godina.

We all have a bit of their DNA in us.

Svi imamo po delić njihove DNK u sebi.

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 --

nastavite ovo 7000 puta -

grandparents,

pradeda i prababa,

and so that means we literally all are

pa to znači da smo bukvalno svi mi

biological cousins as well,

biološki rođaci, takođe,

and estimates vary, but probably

i procene variraju, ali verovatno

the farthest cousin you have on Earth

je najdalji rođak kog imate na Zemlji

is about a 50th cousin.

otprilike pedeseto koleno.

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

I ne delimo samo pretke, već i potomke.

If you have kids, and they have kids,

Ako imate decu, i oni imaju decu,

look how quickly the descendants accumulate.

pogledajte koliko brzo se potomci gomilaju.

So in 10, 12 generations,

Tako da, za 10, 12 generacija

you're going to have thousands of offspring,

imaćete hiljade potomaka,

and millions of offspring.

i milione potomaka.

Number four, a kinder world.

Kao četvrto, bolji svet.

Now, I know that there are family feuds.

Znam da postoji porodična zavada.

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

Imam tri sina i vidim kako se oni svađaju.

But I think that there's also a human bias

Ali takođe mislim da postoji i ljudska sklonost

to treat your family a little better than strangers.

da se članovi porodice tretiraju bolje nego stranci.

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

Mislim da će ovo drvo biti loše za one sa predrasudama,

because they're going to have to realize

jer će morati da shvate

that they are cousins with thousands of people

da su rođaci hiljadama ljudi

in whatever ethnic group they happen

sa bilo kojom etničkom grupom

to have issues with,

da imaju problem,

and I think you look back at history,

i mislim da kada pogledate u prošlost,

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

mnoge loše stvari koje smo uradili jedni drugima

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

bile su zato što jedna grupa ljudi misli da druga nisu ljudi,

and you can't do that anymore.

i to više ne možete da radite.

We're not just part of the same species.

Nismo samo deo iste vrste.

We're part of the same family.

Deo smo iste porodice.

We share 99.9 percent of our DNA.

Delimo 99.9% iste DNK.

Now the final one is number five,

Konačno i broj pet,

a democratizing effect.

efekat demokratizacije.

Some genealogy has an elitist strain,

Neke genealogije poseduju elitistički soj,

like people say, "Oh, I'm descended

kao kad ljudi kažu: "Oh, ja sam potomak

from Mary Queen of Scots

Meri od Škotske,

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

a ti nisi, pa se ne možeš priključiti mom kantri klubu."

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

Ali će to biti sada jako teško uraditi,

because everyone is related.

zato što su svi povezani.

I'm descended from Mary Queen of Scots --

Ja sam potomak Meri Stjuart, kraljice Škotske -

by marriage, but still.

po braku, ali ipak.

So it's really a fascinating time

Tako da je to zaista očaravajuće vreme

in the history of family,

u istoriji porodica,

because it's changing so fast.

zato što se tako brzo menja.

There is gay marriage and sperm donors

Postoje gej venčanja i donori sperme,

and there's intermarriage on an unprecedented scale,

i postoje mešoviti brakovi u neviđenim razmerama,

and this makes some of my more conservative cousins

i ovo čini moje konzervativnije rođake

a little nervous,

malo nervoznima,

but I actually think it's a good thing.

ali mislim da je to dobra stvar.

I think the more inclusive the idea of family is,

Mislim da, što je ideja porodice više uključujuća,

the better,

to bolje,

because then you have more potential caretakers,

jer onda imate više potencijalnih čuvara,

and as my aunt's eighth cousin twice removed

i kao što moje tetke osma rođaka po drugom kolenu

Hillary Clinton says --

Hilari Klinton kaže -

(Laughter) —

(Smeh) -

it takes a village.

potrebno je selo.

So I have all these hundreds and thousands,

I tako imam sve ove stotine i hiljade,

millions of new cousins.

milione novih rođaka.

I thought, what can I do with this information?

Mislio sam, šta mogu da uradim sa ovom informacijom?

And that's when I decided,

I tada sam odlučio,

why not throw a party?

zašto ne napraviti žurku?

So that's what I'm doing.

To je ono što radim.

And you're all invited.

I svi ste pozvani.

Next year, next summer,

Sledeće godine, sledećeg leta,

I will be hosting what I hope is

ugostiću nadam se

the biggest and best family reunion in history.

najveće i najbolje porodično okupljanje u istoriji.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Thank you. I want you there.

Hvala. Želim vas tamo.

I want you there.

Želim vas tamo.

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

Održaće se u Njujorškoj naučnoj dvorani,

which is a great venue,

koja je odlično mesto,

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

ali je takođe i prostor nekadašnjeg svetskog sajma,

which is, I think, very appropriate,

što mislim da je veoma prikladno.

because I see this as a family reunion

zato što je ovo kao da se porodično okupljanje

meets a world's fair.

izjednačava sa svetskim sajmom.

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

Biće izložba i hrana, muzika.

Paul McCartney is 11 steps away,

Pol Mekartni je jedanaest koraka odatle,

so I'm hoping he brings his guitar.

pa se nadam da će poneti gitaru.

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

Nije još odgovorio na poziv, ali držim palčeve.

And there is going to be a day of speakers,

I imaćemo dan govornika,

of fascinating cousins.

fascinantnih rođaka.

It's early, but I've already,

Rano je, ali već

I've got some lined up.

imam neki sastav.

Cass Sunstein, my cousin who is perhaps

Kas Sanstejn, moj rođak koji je možda

the most brilliant legal scholar, will be talking.

najbriljantniji pravni učenjak, će govoriti.

He was a former member of the Obama administration.

On je nekadašnji član Obamine administracije.

And on the other side of the political spectrum,

I sa druge strane političkog spektra,

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

Džordž Buš, broj 41, otac,

he has agreed to participate,

se složio da učestvuje,

and Nick Kroll, the comedian,

i Nik Krol, komičar,

and Dr. Oz, and many more to come.

i Doktor Oz, i mnogi drugi.

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

I, naravno, najvažnije je da vas,

I want you guys there,

želim vas da vidim tamo,

and I invite you to go to GlobalFamilyReunion.org

i pozivam vas da posetite GlobalFamilyReunion.org

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

i vidite kako ste vi na porodičnom stablu,

because these are big issues, family and tribe,

zato što su to veliki problemi, porodica i pleme,

and I don't know all the answers,

i ne znam sve odgovore,

but I have a lot of smart relatives,

ali imam mnogo pametnih rođaka,

including you guys,

uključujući i vas,

so together, I think we can figure it out.

pa mislim da zajedno možemo da shvatimo.

Only together can we solve these big problems.

Samo zajedno možemo rešiti ove velike probleme.

So from cousin to cousin,

Kao rođak rođaku vam zahvaljujem.

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

Ne mogu da dočekam da vas vidim.

Goodbye.

Doviđenja.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)