There is a wide variety of family types today, far more than a decade ago, as paths to parenthood have been rejiggered by technology, activism, and law. In Modern Families: Stories of Extraordinary Journeys to Kinship, Joshua Gamson explores the gamut of family creation tales—his own included—that illuminate this changing world. He will be joined by Tamar Datan, Gamson's friend and gestational surrogate for his first child and "Rahel," a mother raising her adopted Ethiopian son.