Book: Roots by Alexander Haley

In my twenties I spent perhaps a week in hospital.
I have no memory for the reason for that hospital stay, but I remember I felt good enough to read the whole thick book of "Roots".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots:_The_Saga_of_an_American_Family


At the time I probably saw it more as a fictional story.

Forty years later I realise I have been doing a lot of searches like Alex Haley did to find his roots in Africa.
My searches have been for others and their roots have been in Europe.
Some of the roots I have still not found.

In my head, it is like an onion where my job is to unpeel layer after layer.