Branching points and genus of riemann surface of algebraic function

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Consider the Riemann surface $N$ of the algebraic function given by

$$ w= ((z-2)^2 (\sqrt(z) + i))^{\frac{1}{3}} $$

What are the branching points of S? What are their orders? What is the genus?

I think the branching points are $z=2$ and $z= 1$ with orders of $2$ and $1$ respectively? Am I correct in my assessment? Regarding the Riemann surface I know that there is a correspondence between Riemann surfaces and algebraic fuctions. Is the genus of this Riemann surface equal to 1?