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Bruce Coulter
Solving a 100-Year-Old Family Mystery

Solving a 100-Year-Old Family Mystery

The clues were always there
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Sandra Culver-Evans
Unlocked By Blood

Unlocked By Blood

DNA helped solve a century old mystery
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Sandra Culver-Evans
Delusions of Grandeur, Tobacco, and Underwear

Delusions of Grandeur, Tobacco, and Underwear

Unraveling a mystery with medical notes from the past
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Sandra Culver-Evans
From the Fields to the Front Lines

From the Fields to the Front Lines

The legacy of a patriarch rediscovered
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Sandra Culver-Evans
The Man and the Myth ⚾

The Man and the Myth ⚾

The patriarch and family legend
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Sandra Culver-Evans
Finding My Roots Under the Peach Tree

Finding My Roots Under the Peach Tree

Digging up my family history
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Sandra Culver-Evans
I Could Have Been Canadian, But Fate Had Other Ideas

I Could Have Been Canadian, But Fate Had Other Ideas

A story of migration, misfortune, and the haunting questions about who belongs
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Jacqueline Jannotta
When Ancestry Results Point in the Wrong Direction

When Ancestry Results Point in the Wrong Direction

Untangling facts and DNA results
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Sandra Culver-Evans
I’m an American Man with a Fascinating Royal Lineage

I’m an American Man with a Fascinating Royal Lineage

It isn’t significant, but it’s fun to learn about my ancestry
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Bruce Coulter
🔎Ages of Deception 🔎

🔎Ages of Deception 🔎

Finding a lying ancestor’s birth year
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Sandra Culver-Evans
Disappearing Doris and the Mysterious Mrs. Woods

Disappearing Doris and the Mysterious Mrs. Woods

The struggle to find married women in genealogical research
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Sandra Culver-Evans
Buried Treasures

Buried Treasures

Seven fun things I found in my parents’ stuff
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Sandra Culver-Evans
A Norwegian Family in the Pacific Northwest

A Norwegian Family in the Pacific Northwest

Ruth’s story
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Sandra Culver-Evans
Unspooling the Code: DNA Surprises and Family Revelations

Unspooling the Code: DNA Surprises and Family Revelations

Part I: When DNA tests reveal roots you didn’t know were tangled
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Jacqueline Jannotta
Confederate and Quaker Cousins

Confederate and Quaker Cousins

I am related to the Speaker of the House of the Confederacy
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Sandra Culver-Evans
I Found an Amazing Discovery in My Family Tree

I Found an Amazing Discovery in My Family Tree

Ancestry plays a role in my health for the best
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Bruce Coulter
I’m Related to Alan Jay Lerner as in Lerner & Loewe by Marriage!

I’m Related to Alan Jay Lerner as in Lerner & Loewe by Marriage!

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Jessica L. Benjamin
DNA Doesn’t Lie: Discovering a Sperm Donor’s Identity in the Modern Age of Genealogy

DNA Doesn’t Lie: Discovering a Sperm Donor’s Identity in the Modern...

The ethical tensions between privacy and truth in family history
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Jacqueline Jannotta
What Happens When A Little Family History Goes Missing?

What Happens When A Little Family History Goes Missing?

My great-granduncle fell off the face of the Earth
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Bruce Coulter
💕The Ties That Bind 🚂

💕The Ties That Bind 🚂

From Rhode Island to the Wild West
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Sandra Culver-Evans
The Renner Inheritance

The Renner Inheritance

It’s the end of May 1847
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Callum
From Genealogy to Fiction, Part One

From Genealogy to Fiction, Part One

Transforming my family history into fictional drabbles
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Jerry Dwyer
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