Cabbage is used by many cultures, and treated in many different ways. Otis Twelve explains his inexplicable (due to his now-confirmed heritage) preference for one over the other. In the hopes of answering the burning question, "Why does he hate sauerkraut?" he spits for ancestry.com and waits by the mailbox for the results. Spoiler alert: He is not Circassian.

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The column this video illustrates first appeared in the June 2019 edition of Omaha Magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe. Video animation by Joe Pankowski.