Call Me John: A Genealogical Mystery Based on a True story

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When his troubled grandchild comes to visit, he decides to share his life story, hoping to inspire them.John had to grow up quickly — changing his identity, earning a living, and navigating love, friendship and death during some of the toughest times in American history. Based on DNA percentages and a few other factors that couldn’t be attributed to coincidence, I reached the conclusion that their great-grandfather John was actually my dad’s long lost uncle Isadore.

Michael Schoenholtz spent 25 years as an information technology executive for large multinational firms. In the loud city of Tirana, a poor boy from the suburbs falls in love with a problematic girl who comes from a very rich family.With nothing more than an 8th grade education, his journey takes us through Prohibition, the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, the gold mines of Colorado and the Second World War to eventually become a success in his own right.