The Canadian never questioned that his father, Gideon, was not actually his biological father.

But proudly culturally Jewish Noam took a DNA test, which revealed that he has no Jewish ancestry whatsoever.

And the revelation became the catalyst for his new show, Our Little Secret: the 23andMe® Musical, which he will be taking to the Edinburgh Fringe.

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