The Bánh Mì Chronicles

(S2, EP 7) For this week's episode for the podcast's Season 2 theme, "1975", Tony Ho Tran, 2nd generation mixed Viet American writer / storyteller and genealogist, spoke about his journey to learn who his grandfather was through a DNA test he took through 23nme. Along the journey, he learned more about his mother and grandmother's difficult past during the time of the Vietnam War and their resettlement into the US. He talked about the impact of discovering his family DNA, and reflected back on his challenges he faced as a mixed race child in Sioux City, Iowa.  Check out this interview! 

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Bio:

Tony Ho Tran is a writer living in Chicago, Illinois. His work has been seen in Playboy, Huff Post, Narratively, The Chicago Defender, and many other places where fine writing is published.