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How To Use AI to Explain DNA Matching

How To Use AI to Explain DNA Matching

I used Google Gemini to explain the results I got from Ancestry
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Paul van Gool
Chasing Down My Ancestors on the Wrong Side of the Tracks

Chasing Down My Ancestors on the Wrong Side of the Tracks

Uncovering the forgotten lives left behind by class divisions
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Jacqueline Jannotta
Ambrotypes and Civil War Soldiers

Ambrotypes and Civil War Soldiers

Family photos resurface and beg for attention
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
An Unexpected Genealogic Find

An Unexpected Genealogic Find

Finding family members on a junkyard sale
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Paul van Gool
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A Look Back at GenTales in 2024

A Look Back at GenTales in 2024

Each year that passes, we add more writers and more stories. 2024 was no exception.
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
Unspooling the Code, Part II: When Surprise Ethnicities Rewrite the Family Narrative

Unspooling the Code, Part II: When Surprise Ethnicities Rewrite the...

How DNA tests can reveal a forgotten past
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Jacqueline Jannotta
GenTales Welcomes 2025

GenTales Welcomes 2025

It’s a new month, which means another newsletter. But we’re also celebrating the start of a new year. So let’s recap what December was like…
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
How My Ancestor Saved a Life but Lost a Fortune

How My Ancestor Saved a Life but Lost a Fortune

Want to unlock hidden family secrets? Talk to your older relatives today!
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Dora O'Connell
Need an alibi for murder? Plant some melons.

Need an alibi for murder? Plant some melons.

Need an alibi for murder? Plant some melons now. Only in Alabama could this work… (Family History/Genealogy/Unsolved Crime, 1865)
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Janelle Molony, M.S.L.
My Sixteen Second-Great Grandparents Were an Eclectic Bunch

My Sixteen Second-Great Grandparents Were an Eclectic Bunch

What do Russia, England, Connecticut, and Kentucky have in common?
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
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