[Verse] We strum life's secret threads In shadows they entwine Helixes that whisper through the marrow's ancient line Chromosome by chromosome A tapestry unfolds Genes of joy and sorrow In the stories they have told [Verse 2] Centimorgans map the paths Where kinship's rivers run Down the charted Y-DNA A saga just begun Mitochondrial echoes In mothers' voices sung Threads of past still binding us Though days have just begun [Chorus] Oh the helixes They twist and curve In silent tales they faithfully serve Autosomal whispers in our blood In cousin's eyes reflections of the flood [Verse 3] In the labyrinth of ancestry We chase our ghostly kin Unraveling the mysteries beneath the skin we're in Each generation echoes In strands of silken gold As time winds through our DNA Their stories we uphold [Verse 4] From distant lands and ages Their legacies we trace In every gene a memory Each centimorgan's grace Through Y-DNA's tether And mitochondrial sea We find the faces of the past that make our family tree [Chorus] Oh the helixes They twist and curve In silent tales they faithfully serve Autosomal whispers in our blood In cousin's eyes reflections of the flood
