Woman now aged 35, born and raised in Canada who is half Israeli and half Ghanaian goes on a journey to Auschwitz to retrace her history.

Michelle, a well-travelled woman from a mixed family struggles with identity. From Toronto, Canada Michelle along with her two siblings grew up in low-income housing with no extended family in or around the country. As Michelle grew older, questions of her parent’s background started to fuel her passion for travel. Her mother, an Israeli native, was the first connection to culture she had. Michelle’s grandmother was the only extended family she had known until adulthood and was the only connection to her Israeli and Jewish roots. Michelle’s grandmother went through a nasty divorce subsequently causing a strain between Michelle’s mother and her father resulting in Michelle and her two siblings never meeting their grandfather. Due to the unknown specifics, no one ever spoke about his tragic background. He was a Holocaust survivor. As Michelle grows older, she not only has questions about her cultural background but also realizes any questions about her health, genetics, and/or stature are lost due to the genocide of half her personal culture.

In 2012 Michelle started to develop personal relationships with extended family in search for answers. Through her research she has found information unknown to anyone else and continues to find and document information about her background. Unbeknownst to her extended family, Michelle has