For 30 years, Paul Arnott barely gave his adoption a moment's thought—until the observation of the likeness between his son and himself provoked a quest to find his own biological parents. What he discovered was a near-complete family in Ireland—his parents had later married and since had four other children, lighting a candle in his name every day for 33 years. His biography weaves historical, political, religious, and psychological thought into a personal narrative of the hopes, "what-ifs," and discoveries of the author's quest.