In my husband’s hometown, deep within China’s countryside, there is an old man who holds a very special book. This book cannot be borrowed, even for a day, and cannot be taken out of his home. It is the book which holds the genealogy---the family tree---for the Qian family dating back to the dynasties. Our children’s names have now been added to this incredible, hand-written, family tree. When we go back to the village every year at Chinese New Year, we see the book, and hope that our …