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2024 Articles

  • December 15, 2024Los Angeles Times – "Requiem for the unclaimed dead" by Corinne Purtill
  • November 20, 2024Smithsonian Magazine – "How an Interracial Marriage Sparked One of the Most Scandalous Trials of the Roaring Twenties" by Bryan Greene
  • November 13, 2024ABC6 Providence Now – “Massachusetts World War II soldier’s remains identified” (Calvi, Bernard J.) by Christopher Boardman
  • November 13, 2024Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Airman Accounted For From World War II” (Calvi, Bernard J.)
  • November 12, 2024History – “Meet the First and Last Immigrants Who Passed Through Ellis Island” by Ratha Tep
  • October 19, 2024The Lowell Sun – “Remains of Lowell native, WWII POW officially accounted for after 82 years” (Curran, Bernard J.) by Peter Currier
  • October 14, 2024The Wall Street Journal – “With Tim Walz in the Spotlight, a Nation Fixates on Finding Irish Roots” by James Hookway (pdf)
  • October 3, 2024Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted for from Korean War” (Edwards, William H.)
  • September 29, 2024Irish Independent – “Tim Walz’s family hails from Wexford, as 159-year-old grave shows link to village” by Lynne Kelleher (pdf)
  • September 24, 2024Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted for from WWII” (Bryant, Robert L.)
  • September 19, 2024LinkedIn News – “23andMe’s board quits en masse” by Emma W. Thorne
  • September 14, 2024Medium – “Tim Walz of the Tomhaggard Doyles” by Megan Smolenyak
  • September 13, 2024Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Airman Accounted for from WWII” (Curran, Bernard J.)
  • August 21, 2024Irish Central – “Obama makes quip about his and Biden’s “common Irish blood” at DNC” by Kerry O’Shea
  • August 20, 2024Irish Heritage News – “Tracing the Irish ancestry of Tim Walz, running mate to Kamala Harris”
  • August 18, 2024The Pinnacle Gazette – “The Irish Roots Shaping American Politics”
  • August 17, 2024BBC – “Tim Walz has Irish roots – but where exactly?” by Barry O’Connor
  • August 14, 2024We Got This Covered – “Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ethnicity, confirmed” by Jean Mendoza
  • August 13, 2024Irish Central – “Irish America has the power to swing the US Presidential election, organizing call hears” by Kerry O’Shea
  • August 12, 2024Irish Star – “Tim Walz’s Irish roots unveiled as presidential race heats up” by Brian Dillon
  • August 12, 2024South East Radio – “Tim Walz connections to Ferns” by Siobhan Murphy
  • August 11, 2024The Times – “Irish roots of Kamala Harris’s running-mate Tim Walz” by Lynne Kelleher
  • August 10, 2024Medium – “Tim Walz’s Irish Great-Great-Grandparents Were Just Like Him” by Megan Smolenyak
  • August 10, 2024Irish America – “Tim Walz’s Irish Great-Great-Grandparents Were Just Like Him” by Megan Smolenyak
  • August 6, 2024Medium – “6 Things You Didn’t Know about Mark Kelly’s Roots” by Megan Smolenyak
  • August 4, 2024Irish Mirror – “‘No evidence’ Kamala Harris is descended from Irish slave owner, says genealogist” by Lynne Kelleher
  • August 4, 2024Extra.ie – “‘No proof Kamala Harris is descended from Irish slave owner’” by Lynne Kelleher
  • August 4, 2024PressReader – “‘No proof Kamala Harris is descended from Irish slave owner’” by Lynne Kelleher
  • August 2, 2024Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted for from Korean War” (Sluder, David P.)
  • July 29, 2024Medium – “Enough Already with the Twisted Attempts to Weaponize Kamala Harris’s Family Tree” by Megan Smolenyak
  • July 18, 2024WKMS – “After 80 years, WWII soldier’s remains buried in southern Illinois” (Leukering, William L.) by Hannah Saad
  • July 14, 2024CBS8 – “WWII airman killed in action ID’d using San Diego County-based nephew’s DNA” (Leukering, William L.) by CBS8 Staff
  • June 21, 2024Medium – “Genetic Genealogy’s First Decade” by Megan Smolenyak
  • June 17, 2024Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted for from WWII” (Young, Charles E.)
  • June 3, 2024Tools for Possibilities – “Personal Genetics” by Kevin Kelly
  • June 1, 2024Irish America – ““No Man Left Behind”” by Megan Smolenyak
  • May 27, 2024FOX61 – “Connecticut WWII airman identified and set for burial 80 years after his death” (McKeeman, Kenneth J.) by Angelo Bavaro
  • May 27, 202411Alive – “Over 1,200 military members from Georgia are still missing. This agency is working to bring them home” (Cox, William B.) by Kaitlyn Ross
  • May 19, 2024Irish Independent – “Brad Pitt, Nick Jonas and Luis Guzman among Bruce Springsteen fans who travelled across the globe for Croke Park gig” by Laura Lynott and Ralph Riegel
  • April 19, 2024CT Insider – “CT soldier killed with his entire bomber crew in World War II identified, will be buried in June” (McKeeman, Kenneth J.) by Jesse Leavenworth
  • April 19, 2024New York Post – “Remains of fallen WWII airman Kenneth McKeeman will finally return to family after 80 years” (McKeeman, Kenneth J.) by Patrick Reilly
  • April 16, 2024Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Airman Accounted for from WWII” (McKeeman, Kenneth J.)
  • April 6, 2024Irish America – “How I Found My Elusive John Murphy” by Megan Smolenyak
  • March 25, 2024Audacy – “Army tanker Sgt. Richard Hammond accounted for from World War II” (Hammond, Richard G.)
  • March 24, 2024LA Times – “Opinion: Why are more Americans dying alone?” by Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans
  • March 25, 2024Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Airman Accounted for from WWII” (Allen, Robert)
  • March 19, 2024CBS News – “Remains of Pittsburgh airman killed in WWII identified” (Eshelman, Paul F.) by Madeline Bartos
  • March 19, 2024ABC27 WHTM – “Missing WWII Pennsylvania Airman identified” (Eshelman, Paul F.) by David Tristan
  • March 19, 2024Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Airman Accounted for from WWII” (Eshelman, Paul F.)
  • March 15, 2024Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Tanker Accounted for from WWII” (Hammond, Richard G.)
  • March 8, 2024Medium – “How I Found my Elusive John Murphy” by Megan Smolenyak
  • February 25, 2024Hoodline – “After Eight Decades, WWII Soldiers Clifford Strickland and Robert Hurst Identified and Brought Home Through DNA Technology” (Strickland, Clifford and Hurst, Robert) by Taylor Johnson
  • February 23, 2024Medium – “Taylor Swift’s Formidable Female Forebears” by Megan Smolenyak
  • February 22, 2024Metropolis Planet – “‘I didn’t think it was possible'” (Leukering, William L.) by Terra Temple
  • February 7, 2024Medium – “Your ancestry is a lot more than just DNA” by Harris Sockel
  • February 7, 2024Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Pilot Accounted for from WWII” (Marrah, James H.)
  • February 6, 2024FOX 32 Chicago – “Illinois WWII sergeant accounted for after aircraft struck during bombing raid in Germany” (Leukering, William L.)
  • February 6, 2024WPSD Local 6 – “World War II soldier from Metropolis, Illinois accounted for by Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency” (Leukering, William L.) by Julie Bryson
  • February 6, 2024Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Airman Accounted for from WWII” (Leukering, William L.)
  • January 16, 2024Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Pilot Accounted for from WWII” (Willhite, Theodore)
  • January 6, 2024Irish Star – “How genealogy found the real story of Annie Moore, the first immigrant processed at Ellis Island” by Martha Brennan

2023 Articles

  • December 21, 2023Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted for from WWII” (Hurst, Robert L. A.)
  • December 4, 2023AP News – “Michigan soldier killed in Korean War to be buried next week at Arlington National Cemetery” (McCarthy, Gordon D.)
  • November 9, 2023Greenville News – “SC Korean War veteran’s remains found after 72 years, memorial services held in Anderson” (Gosnell, Albert A.) by Nina Tran
  • October 30, 2023The Mining Journal – “Local airman found, returned for burial” (Rinke, Chester L.)
  • October 30, 2023Medium – “Meg Ryan’s Rusyn Roots” by Megan Smolenyak
  • October 28, 2023Irish America – “Meg Ryan’s Irish Heritage” by Megan Smolenyak
  • October 26, 2023Patch – “Funeral Procession Route Set For WWII Pilot Who Was MIA For 80 Years” (McGuire, Edward T.) by Lorraine Swanson
  • October 23, 2023Medium – “Meg Ryan’s Irish Heritage” by Megan Smolenyak
  • October 13, 2023KCEN TV – “Texas WWII veteran to buried in Belton, 80 years after his death” (Johnston, Turner Y.) by Jacob Wallin
  • September 21, 2023Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted for from Korean War” (Hill, Lewis W.)
  • September 21, 2023WILX News10 – “Michigan man killed in Korean War finally accounted for after over 70 years” (Hill, Lewis W.) by Wells Foster
  • September 10, 2023The Bharat Express News – “Remains identified of a Michigan pilot who died in a crash after bombing Japan during World War II” (Rinke, Chester L.)
  • August 31, 2023CBS News – “Remains of Army Pfc. Arthur Barrett, WWII soldier who died as prisoner of war, buried at Arlington National Cemetery” (Barrett, Arthur)
  • August 31, 2023CBS Austin – “Fallen Korean War soldier from Texas finally identified after seven decades” (Baty, Willie J.) by Betsy Calderon
  • August 31, 2023KWTX – “Remains identified as Central Texas soldier missing in action in Korea since 1950” (Baty, Willie J.) by Joe Ashley
  • August 25, 2023The Buffalo News – “For Jim Roach, childhood witness to Pearl Harbor, a Hollywood life comes to an end” by Sean Kirst
  • August 24, 2023Audacy – “2nd Lt. Miklosh, a B-29 Superfortress navigator, accounted for from WWII” (Miklosh, Walter B.)
  • August 21, 2023Irish Star – “New mural of Joe Biden appears near his ancestral home after landmark visit to Ireland” by Fionnuala Boyle
  • August 8, 2023Irish Star – “Americans tickled by tribute to Obama’s Irish roots at Offaly gas station” by Laura Grainger
  • August 4, 2023Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Airman Accounted for from WWII” (Miklosh, Walter B.)
  • July 27, 2023WYFF4 – “Remains from Greenville soldier killed in Korean War have been accounted for” (Gosnell, Albert A.) by Stephanie Moore
  • July 27, 2023Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted for From Korean War” (Gosnell, Albert A.)
  • July 26, 2023UPMatters.com – “Palmer veteran identified in remains from Korean War” (McCarthy, Gordon D.) by Ben Raymond
  • July 26, 2023Mother Jones – “Birthright Citizenship Is Fundamental to “Who We Are as a Nation.” So Why Do Republicans Attack It?” by Isabela Dias
  • July 21, 2023KWCH 12 News – “Remains of World War II soldier to be buried in Plains” (Elliott, Robert C.) by KWCH Staff
  • July 21, 2023KAKE ABC News – “Remains of Kansas WWII veteran, killed in action, returning to be buried” (Elliott, Robert C.) by Cole West
  • July 17, 2023TCPalm – “DeSantis anchor ancestor; books vs. guns, NRA; spying on public; Schiff shifty?”
  • July 17, 2023City & State Florida – “As campaign grinds on, Ron DeSantis doesn’t play up his ‘quintessential Italian American success story'” by Josh Solomon
  • July 16, 2023Audacy – “Army Pfc. Barrett, who died as a POW in World War II, has been accounted for” (Barrett, Arthur C.)
  • June 27, 2023Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From World War II” (Thomas, George B.)
  • June 14, 2023The Washington Post – “Army base in Louisiana sheds Confederate name for a Black war hero” by Kim Bellware and Brittany Shammas
  • June 13, 2023CNN – “Fort Polk is now Fort Johnson after US Army moves to honor World War I hero” by Kaanita Iyer
  • June 8, 2023PhillyBurbs.com – “With no next of kin, the dead tax county resources. How they end up in coroner offices.” by Jo Ciavaglia
  • May 30, 2023WJHL News 11 – “Elizabethton World War II soldier’s remains to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery” (Wilson, Mark P.) by Slater Teague
  • May 30, 2023WDRB – “US agency identifies remains of Indiana soldier killed in France during WWII” (Adams, Leonard E.)
  • May 30, 2023WCYB News 5 – “Remains of soldier from Elizabethton killed during World War II to be buried in Arlington” (Wilson, Mark P.)
  • May 30, 2023WRTV ABC – “World War II soldier from Indiana accounted for, returning home for burial” (Adams, Leonard E.) by James Howell Jr.
  • May 30, 2023CBS News – “Remains of Indiana soldier killed during World War II identified” (Adams, Leonard E.) by Gina Martinez
  • May 30, 2023Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From World War II” (Adams, Leonard E.)
  • May 29, 2023Army Times – “Researchers identify remains of Army private killed in WWII” (Williams, Myron E.)
  • May 29, 2023Shaw Local – “Missing almost 80 years, remains of Ottawa-born WWII soldier to be laid to rest in Texas” (Williams, Myron E.) by Rachel Rodgers
  • May 28, 2023Killeen Daily Herald – “World War II soldier who died in Germany to be interred at Killeen veterans cemetery” (Williams, Myron E.) by Thaddeus Imerman
  • May 28, 2023The Guardian – “Italian towns claim Ron DeSantis as one of their own as Republican race heats up” by Lorenzo Tondo
  • May 27, 2023Irish America – “Manx, Music, Military, Moxie, and a Bit Irish” (Hannah Waddingham) by Megan Smolenyak
  • May 18, 2023FOX4 Kansas City – “Remains of Kansas WWII Airman killed in Europe identified” (Elliott, Robert C.) by Wil Day
  • May 18, 2023Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Airman Accounted For From World War II” (Elliott, Robert C.)
  • May 8, 2023Burlington County Times – “Bruce Springsteen visits his Irish ancestral roots as the E Street Band plays Dublin” by Chris Jordan
  • May 6, 2023The Anaheim High School Alumni Association – “Colonist WWII Fallen Hero Returns Home” (Minogue, John F.)
  • April 20, 2023Irish Central – “You can mock Blarney Biden, but …” by Tom Deignan
  • April 20, 2023Collider – “‘Top Chef’: 10 Most Rewatchable Episodes, According to Reddit” by Hannah Wing
  • April 12, 2023GalwayBeo – “Joe Biden’s private Galway family” by Jessica Mercer
  • April 12, 2023Sky News – “President Joe Biden uses his and Barack Obama’s ancestors as examples that Ireland breeds faith and possibilities”
  • April 12, 2023The Irish Times – “‘It sure feels like home’: First day of Joe Biden’s visit to Ireland – as it happened” by Laura Slattery and Colin Gleeson
  • April 12, 2023MSN.com – “Joe Biden talks of his English roots in Nottingham as he explores Irish ancestry” by Neil Johnston
  • April 11, 2023ABC News – “Here’s a look at Biden’s Irish roots as he visits his ancestral homeland” by Molly Nagle and Sarah Kolinovsky
  • April 11, 2023Daily Mail – “The journey of Joe Biden’s Irish ancestors – from Counties Mayo and Louth to Scranton: How president’s great-great grandfathers left an Ireland ravaged by famine for a new life in the U.S. 180 years ago” by Rob Crilly
  • April 9, 2023The Guardian – “A son of Ireland’: how Biden’s Irish roots shape his political identity” by David Smith
  • April 7, 2023Independent.ie – “Louth Looking forward to second visit by a US President” by John Mulligan
  • April 6, 2023MSN.com – “Joe Biden invited to Galway after genealogist uncovers family ties to the county” by Eoghan Moloney
  • April 6, 2023Independent.ie – “Joe Biden invited to Galway after genealogist uncovers family ties to the county” by Eoghan Moloney
  • April 6, 2023RTE Radio 1 – “President Biden invited to visit Galway after discover of family links” interview on Morning Ireland
  • April 5, 2023Irish Star – “Joe Biden has previously unknown Irish cousins in Co Galway, according to genealogist” by Ferghal Blaney
  • April 5, 2023Irish Mirror – “American Late Show host Stephen Colbert discovers his Cavan roots through Twitter” by Sandra Mallon
  • April 5, 2023Galway Beo – “Joe Biden’s new Galway roots dug up as US President’s family tracked down before Ireland trip” by Fergal Blaney
  • April 5, 2023Irish Mirror – “US President Joe Biden may also have previously unknown cousins in Galway” by Fergal Blaney
  • March 29, 2023Army Times – “Researchers identify remains of Army private killed in WWII” (Williams, Myron E.)
  • March 22, 2023Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Airman Accounted For From World War II” (Montemurro, Francis V.)
  • March 21, 2023EchoLIVE.ie – “Man related to Cork’s Annie Moore writes musical about lives of immigrant women” by Colette Sheridan
  • March 21, 2023Medium – “Captured in Time: Nameless English Singing Girls upon Arrival in America in 1890” by Megan Smolenyak
  • March 17, 2023CNN – “Her name is on a pub, a boat and an AI platform. But what happened to the Irish teen who arrived at Ellis Island in 1892?” by Catherine E. Shoichet
  • March 16, 2023Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Pilot Accounted For From World War II” (Minogue, John F.)
  • March 16, 2023Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From World War II” (McKeon, Matthew L.)
  • March 13, 2023CBS 12 News – “Remains of World War II soldier to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery” (Martin, Francis P.) by WOLF Staff
  • March 10, 2023PA Homepage – “Scranton soldier from WWII to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery” (Martin, Francis P.) by Nico Rossi
  • March 8, 2023The Gilmer Mirror – “Texas Airman Accounted For From WWII” (Ferrel, Frank C.) by Editor
  • March 6, 202313 ABC Action News – “Ohio soldier accounted for from North Korea, DPAA announces” (Worline, Clark E.) by Jake Pietrasz
  • March 1, 2023PolitiFact – “A guide to George Santos’ dubious statements about drag, Brazil, his 9/11 connection and more” by Louis Jacobson
  • February 17, 2023Irish Star – “Annie Moore: The first immigrant processed at Ellis Island and her life after arriving” by Brian Dillon
  • February 13, 2023Medium – “Captured in Time: Syrian Immigrant Sultana Numeir upon Arrival in America in 1890” by Megan Smolenyak
  • February 8, 2023The Daily Star – “In Our Opinion: Santos needs to step down”
  • January 20, 2023ABC Fox Montana – “Montana Soldier Accounted For From WWII” (Bennett, Franklin H.)
  • January 18, 2023Local 3 News – “Tennessee soldier killed during WWII identified” (Wilson, Mark P.) by Jordan Rudzinski
  • January 18, 2023Vanity Fair – “George Santos’s 11 Most Absurd Lies and Cons (That We Know About So Far)” by Bess Levin
  • January 4, 2023Cork Beo – “Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon discovered to have hidden Cork roots” by Thomas Telford & Daire Fitton
  • January 2, 2023Irish Central – “First through Ellis island – Annie Moore’s tough and tragic life” by Tom Deignan

2022 Articles

  • December 29, 2022The Daily Beast – “Liar-Elect George Santos’ List of Dubious Claims Is STILL Growing” by Josh Fiallo
  • December 29, 2022The Hill – “Santos reportedly used ‘Anthony Zabrovsky’ alias on charity GoFundMe page” by Natalie Prieb
  • December 27, 2022NPR – “Some GOP leaders say Republican Santos ‘lied’ about career and Jewish heritage” by Brian Mann
  • December 25, 2022The Buffalo News – “For Henry Wesley, the greatest Christmas gift: Family he never knew” by Sean Kirst
  • December 23, 2022Newsweek – “George Santos Claims His Mom Was in World Trade Center on 9/11” by James Bickerton
  • December 23, 2022The Times of Israel – “NY congressman-elect apparently lied about having grandparents who fled Nazis” by Philissa Cramer
  • December 22, 2022Yahoo News – “Newly elected GOP congressman faces questions about claims his family fled the Holocaust” by Gustaf Kilander
  • December 22, 2022CNN – “Incoming congressman’s claims his grandparents fled the Holocaust contradicted by genealogy records” by Em Steck and Andrew Kaczynski
  • November 21, 2022Independent.ie – “Bruce Springsteen will plant a tree in his great-great grandmother’s home of Rathangan on his next trip to Ireland” by Seoirse Mulgrew
  • November 15, 2022ABC7 New York – “Remains of fallen WWII soldier from Brooklyn make journey home 75+ years later” (Heffernan Jr., John) by Jim Dolan
  • November 14, 2022CBS New York – “Remains of Brooklyn veteran killed in World War II finally identified” (Heffernan Jr., John) by Dick Brennan
  • November 14, 2022FOX43 – “Remains of Pennsylvania soldier lost in France during World War II are identified after 77 years” (Martin, Francis P.) by Keith Schweigert
  • November 14, 2022Times Leader – “Remains of NEPA soldier killed in WWII identified” (Martin, Francis P.)
  • November 12, 2022Stars and Stripes – “Remains of US soldier killed in Korean War identified 72 years later” (Hanks, Tommie T.) by Adela Suliman
  • November 12, 2022Washington Post – “Remains of U.S. soldier killed in Korean War identified 72 years later” (Hanks, Tommie T.) by Adela Suliman
  • November 9, 2022KXXV 25ABC – “Texas soldier reported missing in action during Korean War now accounted for” (Hanks, Tommie T.) by Khadeeja Umana
  • October 26, 2022KY3 – “WWII soldier remains identified, to be buried in Springfield” (Tate, Moses F.) by Kaitlyn Schumacher
  • October 21, 2022The Focus – “Who is Joe Biden’s grandfather, ‘All-American football player’ Ambrose Finnegan?” by Bruno Cooke
  • October 20, 2022Kildare Nationalist – “Story Of First Immigrant To Ellis Island Brought To Life In Musical Show by Her Narraghmore Cousin” by Finian Coghlan
  • October 18, 2022Irish Central – “Genealogist finds Annie Moore’s living relatives” by Sheila Langan
  • October 17, 2022WIBW 13 – “Seneca airman who died in WWII to be buried in Springfield, Mo.” (Tate, Moses F.) by Sarah Motter
  • October 3, 2022The Louisiana Weekly – “Everything old is new again”
  • September 21, 2022NorthJersey.com – “DeSantis, Abbott have long, personal histories with immigration” by Christopher Maag
  • September 20, 2022KWCH 12News – “Remains buried in Romania identified as Kansas airman killed during WWII” (Tate, Moses F.) By KWCH Staff
  • September 20, 2022Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From Korean War” (Worline, Clark E.)
  • August 19, 2022Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter – “Genealogy Research in the Year 2070” By Anonymous
  • August 16, 2022Fox 2 Detroit – “WWII Detroit native’s remains to be interred at Arlington” (Olenik, Adolph “Leonard”) By David Komer
  • August 2, 2022Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From World War II” (Barrett, Arthur C.)
  • July 12, 2022Washingtonian – ““There’s No One as Irish as Barack Obama” TikTok, Explained” By Grace Deng
  • June 28, 2022Legacy.com – “Sanford Bowen Obituary” (Bowen, Sanford K.)
  • June 28, 2022The Highland County Press – “Ohio soldier accounted for from World War II” (Bowen, Sanford K.)
  • June 13, 2022Cleveland 19 News – “Military identifies World War II soldier from Ashland” (Bowen, Sanford K.) By Julia Bingel
  • June 20, 2022RTÉ.ie – “The ties that bind – Bruce Springsteen invited to trace his Irish roots”
  • May 23, 2022Irish Central – “On This Day: US President Barack Obama arrives in Ireland for a visit” by Sheila Langan
  • May 19, 20229&10 News – “19-Year-Old Michigan Airman from World War II Accounted For by DPAA” (Olenik) by Staff
  • April 23, 2022ABC News 17 – “Residents welcome home World War II pilot’s remains” (Norris, Frank A.) by J.D. Miles
  • April 17, 2022The Buffalo News – “‘From death comes life, and that’s Easter’: For West Falls woman, emotional meeting on bridge” by Sean Kirst
  • April 6, 2022Medium – “Captured in Time: The Immigrant Lillicrap Family upon Arrival in America in 1890” by Megan Smolenyak
  • April 3, 2022Independent.ie – “Lynne Kelleher meticulously unearths Irish links to the White House in this political work” by Liam Collins
  • April 1, 2022The Washington Post – “The first census records of four American presidents — almost” by Philip Bump
  • March 25, 2022Medium – “Captured in Time: 8-Year-Old Percy Hemingway upon Arrival in America in 1890” by Megan Smolenyak
  • February 24, 2022Upworthy.com – “Melvinia Shields was a slave. Five generations later, her direct descendant became nation’s first Black First Lady.” by Sethuraman S
  • February 22, 2022Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From World War II” (Heffernan, John J.)
  • February 19, 2022The Buffalo News – “Deep family ties to John Lewis remain in Buffalo, a city that changed his life” by Sean Kirst
  • February 7, 2022LifeSlices – “Genealogical Adventurer” with Steve Fisher

2021 Articles

  • December 31, 2021Inside Edition – “Fallen US Soldiers From Wars Past Recovered in 2021 and Brought Home by Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency” by Ruth Bashinsky
  • December 6, 2021Virtual Historians – “Never Forgotten: Using DNA to Repatriate Soldiers with Megan Smolenyak” with Terri O’Connell and David Allen Lambert
  • December 4, 2021The Buffalo News – “In Seneca Falls, a desperate leap and real-life angel tie in to ‘It’s a Wonderful Life'” by Sean Kirst
  • November 18, 2021War History Online – “Remains of US Airman Killed In Action During WWII Identified” (McMackin, Charles G.) by Clare Fitzgerald
  • November 17, 2021Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Airman Accounted For From World War II” (McMackin, Charles G.)
  • November 17, 2021Bennington Banner – “US airman shot down over Romania in WWII is accounted for” (McMackin, Charles G.) (Associated Press)
  • November 14, 2021The Buffalo News – “After man’s death, his WWII service came to life through a scrapbook” by Sean Kirst
  • November 8, 2021FOX5 San Diego – “Historians discover WWII Army private missing for 70 years” (Fleeman, Archie V.) by Mason Rockfellow
  • November 8, 2021FOX26 News – “WWII soldier from California accounted for” (Fleeman, Archie V.) by Stephen Hawkins
  • November 1, 2021Snopes – “Is This a Monument to Michelle Obama’s Former Slave Ancestor?” by Nur Ibrahim
  • October 2021Library of Congress – “Family Secrets: Navigating Unexpected Genealogical Finds”
  • October 16, 2021Irish America – “Barry Manilow is a Limerick Man” by Megan Smolenyak
  • October 9, 2021Mashable – “The genealogy detective exposing family secrets” by Sasha Lekach
  • October 7, 2021IrishCentral – “Police investigate robbery at pub in Ireland founded by Joe Biden’s ancestors” by IrishCentral Staff
  • October 1, 2021Johnston Sunrise – “Johnston soldier, MIA since the Korean War, finally returns home for burial” (Mazzulla, Anthony R.) by Rory Schuler
  • September 28, 2021Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From World War II” (Fleeman, Archie V.)
  • September 21, 2021CNN – “Ohio Senate candidate who compared refugees to alligators is the grandson of refugees aided by resettlement organizations” by Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck
  • September 21, 2021Norwood News – “Bronx Serviceman, Killed During the Korean War, Accounted for 70 Years Later” (Mazzulla, Anthony R.) by Sile Moloney
  • September 5, 2021Medium – “Meet Your Great-Grandmother, Josh Mandel” by Megan Smolenyak
  • September 4, 2021The Buffalo News – “Infant in wartime photo offers goodbye from afar, to an old soldier” by Sean Kirst
  • July 30, 2021The Buffalo News – “‘Kind of like Jackie Robinson’: Stunning legacy of Buffalo hoops pioneer, lost too soon” by Sean Kirst
  • July 9, 2021Stars and Stripes – “Remains of South Carolina soldier killed in Korean War to be returned to family” (Crosby, Louis N.) by Dionne Gleaton
  • June 2021Friedrich-Jones & Overman-Jones Funeral Home – “Arthur W. Countryman Obituary”
  • June 29, 2021Medium – “I Was the Only One Who Knew” by Megan Smolenyak
  • June 21, 2021BBC News – “Joe Biden: My surprise claim to be the US president’s English cousin” by Joshua Nevett
  • June 19, 2021Independent Mail – “Veteran’s remains come home to Anderson, seven decades after attack in North Korea” (McCollum, William J.) by Mike Ellis
  • June 16, 2021Express UK – “Biden’s understated UK visit will be in stark contrast to Trump’s triumphalism” by Callum Hoare
  • June 7, 2021iNews UK – “Biden’s understated UK visit will be in stark contrast to Trump’s triumphalism” by Ian Burrell
  • June 2021Korean War Project – “Korean War Project Remembrance” (McCollum, William J.)
  • May 31, 2021The Buffalo News – “‘I would give my life’: A WWII platoon leader’s letter reaches generations” by Sean Kirst
  • April 2021Irish America – “DNA Links President Biden to Galway” by Megan Smolenyak
  • April 2021WBAP – “New Technology Could Help Identify Remains of WWII Soldiers”
  • April 27, 2021Medium – “DNA Testing Dispels a Genealogical Myth” by Megan Smolenyak
  • April 21, 2021Medium – “8 Things You Didn’t Know about Jon Stewart’s Roots” by Megan Smolenyak
  • April 14, 2021Irish America – “Happy 20th Anniversary, Ellis Island Immigrant Database!” by Megan Smolenyak
  • April 14, 2021Medium – “Happy 20th Anniversary, Ellis Island Immigrant Database!” by Megan Smolenyak
  • April 14, 2021The World with Marco Werman (NPR) – “New technology could identify thousands of unknown soldiers who died in World War II” by Marco Werman
  • April 6, 2021Medium – “Rock Out with Your Ancestors” by Megan Smolenyak
  • April 6, 2021New York Times – “Modern Crime-Solving Methods vs. the Mystery of World War II Deaths” by Dave Philipps
  • April 6, 2021The Buffalo News – “Scrawled 86 years ago at Statler, hidden names summon a family” by Sean Kirst
  • April 5, 2021Independent – “‘This great nation of immigrants’: Biden recalls Irish ancestors in video for newly naturalised US citizens” by Alice Hutton
  • March 28, 2021Medium – “DNA Confirms Biden Link to Galway” by Megan Smolenyak
  • March 9, 2021Medium – “Finding Barry Manilow’s Mysterious Grandfather” by Megan Smolenyak
  • March 3, 2021Medium – “Barry Manilow Is a Limerick Man” by Megan Smolenyak
  • March 1, 2021Happenings Magazine – “President Joe Biden’s Roots And His Path To The White House” by Christine Fanning
  • February 25, 2021Medium – “Animate Your Ancestors” by Megan Smolenyak
  • February 23, 2021IrishCentral – “Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama launch new podcast”
  • February 17, 2021Medium – “Name Game: Celebrities Have Nothing on the Rest of Us” by Megan Smolenyak
  • February 11, 2021Digital Humanities Collaborative of North Carolina – “An Interview with Digital Black History’s Olivia Dorsey Peacock”
  • February 10, 2021Medium – “The Gift of the Double Census” by Megan Smolenyak
  • February 3, 2021Medium – “5 Things You Didn’t Know about Amanda Gorman’s Roots” by Megan Smolenyak
  • February 1, 2021BE Latina – “President Biden’s Irish Roots and Latin America” by Sahm Venter
  • January 29, 2021The Huffington Post – “Hundreds died on World War II ‘hell ships’. Now there’s an effort to identify the dead.” by Michael E. Ruane
  • January 22, 2021The Huffington Post – “How Sen. Jon Ossoff Paid Tribute To His Jewish Ancestors As He Was Sworn In” by Carol Kuruvilla
  • January 22, 2021The Jerusalem Post – “Jon Ossoff had a totem of his heritage in his pocket while joining Senate” by Philissa Cramer
  • January 20, 2021The Irish Echo – “From Cooley Pen. to Penn. Ave.” by Dr. John McCavitt
  • January 20, 2021Newry.ie – “Could President Biden Be The First American President To Visit Newry?” by Columba O’Hare
  • January 17, 2021Jyllands-Postens – “We in Ireland were so lucky that cousin Joe was successful in the election” by Sahm Venteradobe-pdf-8355900Read the full article in PDF format.
  • January 14, 2021 iNews UK – “Joe Biden probably won’t be celebrating his roots. Why isn’t it cool to be considered a British-American?” by Ian Burrell
  • January 12, 2021Medium – “5 Things You Didn’t Know about Joe Biden’s Roots” by Megan Smolenyak
  • January 10, 2021Medium – “Philip Reed, The Enslaved Man Who Rescued Freedom” by Megan Smolenyak

2020 Articles

  • December 21, 2020Medium – “Solving the Mystery of Arne Pettersen, the Last to Leave Ellis Island” by Megan Smolenyak
  • December 16, 2020The Wall Street Journal – “Biden’s Win Gives Ireland Deep-Rooted Ally” by Catherine Lucey
  • November 18, 2020Medium – “Biden’s Biden Roots: Westbourne or Huntingdon, England or Maybe Nagpur, India?” by Megan Smolenyak
  • November 13, 2020The Guardian – “Is Joe Biden really our very own Celtic tiger in the White House?” by Séamas O’Reilly
  • November 11, 2020NBC15 – “Making a Difference: UW volunteers help locate and bring remains of America’s missing heroes home” by John Stofflet
  • November 9, 2020GEN – “Joe Biden’s ancestral homeland in Ireland celebrated his win over Donald Trump” by Amanda Sakuma
  • November 8, 2020Irish Central – “Remembrance Sunday: Nearly 1,000 Irish died serving US army in World War I” by IrishCentral Staff
  • November 7, 2020Irish Central – “President-elect Joe Biden’s Irish roots – from fleeing Famine Ireland to winning the White House” by Niall O’Dowd
  • October 31, 2020BBC News – “Joe Biden: Election fever and the Bidens’ Irish relatives” by Eimear Flanagan
  • October 26, 2020Women’s Activism NYC – “Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak” by Rosemary Kelly Morgan
  • October 2020Irish America – “John Lennon and Me (20 years behind)” by Megan Smolenyak
  • October 17, 2020The Buffalo News – “For Audubon, forgotten handshake over honey turns into one sweet deal” by Sean Kirst
  • October 15, 2020BBC – “Joe Biden could return to Irish roots as US president” by Gareth Gordon
  • October 14, 2020Politico – “Joe Biden’s Irish clan hopes for White House triumph” by Shawn Pogatchnik
  • October 12, 2020France 24 – “Irish locals show their colours in Biden’s ancestral home”
  • October 9, 2020Medium – “Best Babyhood Ever” by Megan Smolenyak
  • October 8, 2020CNN – “A county votes to rename Georgia elementary school after Michelle Obama” by Giulia Heyward and Saeed Ahmed
  • October 7, 2020Distractify – “Is Lin-Manuel Miranda Related to Alexander Hamilton? They Have Many Similarities” by Michelle Stein
  • September 23, 2020Derry Journal – “Joe Biden and Ireland: the US presidential candidate’s connections to County Derry, Louth and Down” by Finlay Greig
  • September 19, 2020The Buffalo News – “In Lackawanna, a labor martyr’s tombstone rises from the earth” by Sean Kirst
  • September 10, 2020Irish Central – “Joe Biden would be the fourth US President descended from Irish Famine migrants” by Niall O’Dowd
  • September 5, 2020The Buffalo News – “Reclaiming a hero who tried to save President McKinley” by Sean Kirst
  • August 19, 2020Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Airman Accounted For From World War II” (McMackin, Charles)
  • August 11, 2020The Buffalo News – “Blue Jays make big league history in Buffalo, even if few see it” by Sean Kirst
  • July 26, 2020BBC – Kintra with Helen Mark – “Blue-badge Ulster-Scots in the Maiden City, finding a playwright in the family tree and poems for wee people.” (interview runs 12:03 to 20:10)
  • July 2020Association of the United States Army – “Medal of Honor: Henry Johnson” a graphic novel
  • May 24, 2020The Buffalo News – “On Memorial Day, remembering her dad’s close call at end of World War II” by Sean Kirst
  • May 11, 2020WNYC – “Tracing Your Family Tree at Home” Alison Stewart interviews Megan
  • May 1, 2020Irish America – “Famous Genealogist Solves Her Own Family’s Mystery” by Megan Smolenyak
  • April 17, 2020The Citizens’ Voice – “Remains of Korean War soldier will be laid to rest at Arlington” (Kubic, Peter) by Bob Kalinowski
  • March 16, 2020Hometown Stations – “Local Korean POW remains are coming home” by Lauren Siegel & Joseph Sharpe
  • March 14, 2020The Lima News – “Remains of Korean War POW being returned to family in Lima” (Winchester, William J.) by J Swygart
  • March 12, 2020Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From World War II” (McCurley, Ballard)
  • March 12, 2020Tampa Bay Times – “Coronavirus forces Tampa Bay to cancel flights, plans, trips — even weddings” by Christopher Spata
  • March 12, 2020New York Post – “Trace your heritage and find your family tree on a visit to Ireland” by Vanita Salisbury
  • March 10, 2020The American Legion – “Director thanks Legion for its covenant with MIAs” by Jeff Stoffer
  • February 9, 2020Commercial-News – “Griffis: Happy birthday, Mr. President!” by Joan Griffis
  • February 1, 2020The Buffalo News – “After 65 years, she learns she exists because Kenmore man rescued her dad” by Sean Kirst
  • January 15, 2020KLTV-7 – “Remains found in North Korea identified as East Texas soldier missing since 1950” (Evans, Junior C.)
  • January 13, 2020Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From Korean War” (McCollum, William J.)

2019 Articles

  • December 11, 2019Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From Korean War” (Winchester, William J.)
  • December 10, 2019CBS21 News – “York County soldier buried at Arlington 69 years after his death” (Markle, Earl H.) by Michael Gorsegner
  • November 20, 2019Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From Korean War” (Lacsamana, Maximiano T.)
  • October 29, 2019Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From World War II” (Franco, Porfirio C.)
  • October 29, 2019Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From Korean War” (Phy, Herman R.)
  • October 23, 2019Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From World War II” (Cagle, Connie)
  • October 16, 2019Defense Visual Information Distribution Service – “Military Funeral Honors With Funeral Escort are Conducted for U.S. Army Air Force 1st Lt. Seymour Drovis in Section 57” (Drovis, Seymour P.)
  • September 24, 2019CBS4 WTTV-TV – “DPAA Director gives update on remains repatriated from North Korea last July” by Katie Oakley
  • September 22, 2019The Buffalo News – “‘A martyr for working people’: Tale of hero steelworker comes to life” by Sean Kirst
  • September 16, 2019Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From Korean War” (McCollum, William J.)
  • September 16, 2019Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From Korean War” (Winchester, William J.)
  • September 12, 2019Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From Korean War” (Betar, Autrey J.)
  • September 10, 2019FOX10 – “Hero’s Homecoming: Soldier killed in Korean War heading home to Mobile” (Cates, James G.) by Tyler Fingert
  • September 3, 2019Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From Korean War” (Wilson, Gerald N.)
  • September 2, 2019USA Today – “Mike Pence has a deep affection for Ireland. It’s not completely reciprocated” by Maureen Groppe
  • August 28, 2019Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From World War II” (Ferrara, Vincent J.)
  • August 28, 2019The Neshoba Democrat – “Philadelphia Korean War MIA finally coming home after nearly 70 years” (Cates, James G.)
  • July 31, 2019Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From Korean War” (Phy, Herman R.)
  • July 27, 2019Task & Purpose – “68 years after disappearing during the Korean War, this soldier is finally home” (Lawler, Charles S.) by Jordan Travis
  • July 18, 2019Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From World War II” (Middlekauff, Raymond H.)
  • July 18, 2019WMAR2 News – “World War II soldier from Baltimore accounted for after going missing in combat in 1944” (Middlekauff, Raymond H.) by Khalida Volou
  • July 6, 2019The Epoch Times – “After 70 Years, 19-Year-Old Soldier Killed in Korean War Is Returning Home” (Markle, Earl H.) by Venus Upadhayaya
  • July 4, 2019CBS21 News – “Family finds closure after remains of Korean War veteran identified” (Markle, Earl H.) by Michael Gorsegner
  • July 4, 2019USA Today – “After nearly 70 years, a Pennsylvania farm boy killed in Korea will be coming home” (Markle, Earl H.) by Mike Argento
  • June 27, 2019FOX 43 – “Remains of Spring Grove soldier killed in the Korean War are accounted for” (Markle, Earl H.) by Keith Schweigert
  • June 27, 2019The Register-Herald – “Miss Liberty’s smile MIA” by Dr. John P. David
  • June 26, 2019The Clermont Sun – “Korean War veteran finally goes home” (Woods, Robert Lee) by Brett Milam
  • June 21, 2019Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From Korean War” (Geary, Sterling)
  • June 17, 2019UpNorthLive.com – “Traverse City soldier who fought in Korean War returned to the United States” (Lawler, Charles S.) by Devon Mahieu
  • June 7, 2019Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From World War II” (Drovis, Seymour P.)
  • June 4, 2019Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From Korean War” (Cates, James G.)
  • May 23, 2019Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From Korean War” (Woods, Roger L.)
  • May 23, 2019AmyJohnsonCrow.com – “Army Repatriation: Bringing Them Home” by Amy Johnson Crow
  • May 15, 2019Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From Korean War” (Lawler, Charles S.)
  • May 13, 2019Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From World War II” (Ross, Dale W.)
  • May 7, 2019CentralJersey.com – “Korean War veteran laid to rest 68 years later” (Suliman, Frank) by Kathy Chang
  • May 2, 2019WGXA – “Remains of Korean War vet travel back home to Dublin” (Rix, James C.) by Miles Garrett
  • May 1, 2019ConnectingVets.com – “Sixty-eight years later Korean War veteran returns home” (Suliman, Frank) by Julia Ledoux
  • April 30, 2019ABC7NY – “Korean War hero who died a POW finally laid to rest in New Jersey” (Suliman, Frank) by Sarah Rosenthal
  • April 24, 2019The New Yorker – “The Democratic Presidential Candidate Eager to Challenge Trump on Immigration”
  • April 26, 2019Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From Korean War” (Geary, Jr., Sterling)
  • April 13, 2019The Buffalo News – “After 75 years, lost airman who longed for Buffalo comes home” (Rogers Jr., Vince) by Sean Kirst
  • April 10, 2019The Post and Courier – “Citadel graduate’s body went missing during Korean War. Now, he’ll be buried at Arlington.” (Falk, Herman L.) by Thomas Novelly
  • April 10, 2019Organize Your Family History – “How They Do It: Megan Smolenyak” by Janine Adams
  • April 10, 2019Military.com – “Korean War POW Will Finally Be Buried in Arlington National Cemetery” (Falk, Herman L.) by Patricia Kime
  • March 28, 2019187th Fighter Wing – “Red Tails Honor The Legacy Of Fallen Tuskegee Airman” (Dickson, Lawrence E.) by Senior Airman Hayden Johnson
  • March 25, 2019The Grio – “M.I.A. Tuskegee Airman finally laid to rest, 75 years after being lost in heroic mission” (Dickson, Lawrence E.) by Dawn Onley
  • March 23, 2019Stars and Stripes – “A Tuskegee hero is buried 75 years after his death in World War II” (Dickson, Lawrence E.) by Michael E. Ruane
  • March 22, 2019Radio.com – “Tuskegee Airman Buried in Arlington 75 Years After Final Flight” (Dickson, Lawrence E.)
  • March 22, 20191010 WINS – “Personal Reflection: celebration of life in Arlington for Tuskegee hero” (Dickson, Lawrence E.) by Sharon Barnes-Waters
  • March 22, 2019The Washington Post – “A Tuskegee hero is buried 75 years after his death in World War II” (Dickson, Lawrence E.) by Michael E. Ruane
  • March 19, 2019WGXA – “Georgia Army soldier accounted for from Korean War” (Rix, James C.) by WGXA staff
  • March 11, 2019Military Times – “Remains of Army private killed in World War II identified” (Delaney, William F.) (Associated Press)
  • March 6, 2019AARP Bulletin – “What’s Hidden in Your DNA?” by Andrew Carroll
  • March 5, 2019Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From World War II” (Shuey, Cread E.)
  • February 24, 2019Defense Visual Information Distribution Service – “Tuskegee Airman posthumously honored after decades MIA” (Dickson, Lawrence E.) by Staff Sgt. Shawn Morris
  • February 14, 2019Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From Korean War” (Rix, James C.)
  • February 13, 2019Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Accounted For From Korean War” (Schipani,George R.)
  • January 18, 2019Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Recently Returned From North Korea Accounted For” (Suliman, Frank J.)
  • January 16, 2019CBS Evening News – “Daughter of Tuskegee Airman gets answers about his death, 70 years later” (Dickson, Lawrence E.) by Jeff Glor
  • January 8, 2019The News-Gazette – “Travel/Ireland | Presidential connections abound” by Vivienne Mackie

2018 Articles

  • December 6, 2018Politifact – “Yes, Ann Coulter said she descended from ‘settlers,’ not ‘immigrants'” by Kyra Haas
  • November 30, 2018Stars and Stripes – “Remains of Tuskegee Airman missing since WWII identified” (Dickson, Lawrence E.) by William Howard
  • November 7, 2018PBS.org – “Last B-24” (Dickson, Lawrence E.)
  • November 1, 2018The New York Times – “100 Years After New York’s Deadliest Subway Crash” by Sam Roberts
  • October 30, 20181011 NOW – “WWII veteran to be buried in Nebraska after 73 years” (McBride, Eugene G.)
  • October 19, 2018Capital Gazette – “Our Say: Thoughts upon the long-delayed return of a native son” (Jubb, James Ivory)
  • October 15, 2018Capital Gazette – “Eastport soldier killed in Korean War to be buried Wednesday at Arlington National Cemetery” (Jubb, James Ivory) by Rick Hutzell
  • October 12, 2018Upper Michigan’s Source – “Veteran Kipina to be buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery” (Kipina, Marshall)
  • September 22, 2018The Daily Mining Gazette – “Kipina to rest in most hallowed ground” (Kipina, Marshall) by Graham Jaehnig
  • September 21, 2018Penn Live – “Scranton native killed in 1944 identified, will be buried Sept. 26” (Jenkins, Willard) by Paul Vigna
  • September 20, 2018Las Vegas Review-Journal – “Nevada woman has new reason for hope on MIA/POW Day” by Briana Erickson
  • September 20, 2018Stars and Stripes – “US identifies first two US soldiers from Korean War remains” (McDaniel, Charles H.) by Corey Dickstein
  • September 13, 2018U.S. Army – “WWII pilot’s remains returned, buried with full military honors” (Cox, William B.) by Staff Sgt. R.J. Lannom Jr.
  • August 21, 2018Tampa Bay Times – “Immigration hardliner Ron DeSantis’ great-great-grandmother was nearly barred from America” by Steve Contorno
  • August 11, 2018Stars and Stripes – “Tuskegee airman’s daughter gets a golden ring found at his wartime crash site” (Dickson, Lawrence) by Michael E. Ruane
  • August 8, 2018Stars and Stripes – “In a sea of remains, a US military dog tag is found” (McDaniel, Charles Hobert) by Claudia Grisales
  • August 8, 2018NPR – “Sons Get ‘Certitude’ After Receiving Their Missing Father’s Korean War Dog Tag” (McDaniel, Charles Hobert) by Vanessa Romo
  • August 7, 2018The Buffalo News – “A century after scow rescue, medal for Red Hill Sr., legend of Niagara” by Sean Kirst
  • August 4, 2018The Buffalo News – “Scow rescue tribute brings together legendary Falls family” by Sean Kirst
  • July 31, 2018The New York Times – “Tuskegee Airman’s Remains Are Identified, Ending Daughter’s Quest for Answers” (Dickson, Lawrence) by Melissa Gomez
  • July 29, 2018ABC7 NY – “Remains Of NJ Tuskegee Airman Identified Nearly 74 Years Later” (Dickson, Lawrence) by Lucy Yang
  • July 28, 2018NPR – “Pentagon Identifies Remains Of Missing Tuskegee Airman” (Dickson, Lawrence) by Shannon Van Sant
  • July 22, 2018The Jerusalem Post – “World War II Hero Is Buried, 73 Years After He Was Killed By The Germans” (Rosenkrantz, David) by Paloma Esquivel and Laura Newberry/Los Angeles Times
  • July 21, 2018The Fayetteville Observer – “WWII paratrooper, missing for decades, buried with honors” (Rosenkrantz, David) by Drew Brooks
  • July 20, 2018LA Times – “An L.A. hero of World War II is buried, nearly 74 years after he was killed by the Germans” (Rosenkrantz, David) by Paloma Esquivel and Laura Newberry
  • July 16, 2018Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Funeral Announcement For Soldier Killed During World War II” (Rosenkrantz, David)
  • July 15, 2018Commercial-News – “Unclaimed Persons celebrates 10th anniversary” by Joan Griffis
  • July 14, 2018The Buffalo News – “A century ago, Western New Yorker helped turn tide in world war” by Sean Kirst
  • July 6, 2018NBC News – “Fact check: Trump wants Warren to prove her Native American heritage. Could she?” by Jane C. Timm
  • July 6, 2018Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Killed During World War II Accounted For” (Jenkins, Willard)
  • July 5, 2018Medium – “Jimmy Fallon’s Family Tree” by Megan Smolenyak
  • July 3, 2018KHOU – Houston, Texas – “Soldier Killed During Korean War Accounted For” (Hall, John W.)
  • June 23, 2018The Buffalo News – “As scow disintegrates, honoring heroes of epic rescue at Niagara Falls” by Sean Kirst
  • June 8, 2018Medium – “A Tribute to Anthony Bourdain and His Wild, Vagabond Roots” by Megan Smolenyak
  • June 7, 2018Medium – “7 Things You Didn’t Know about Prince’s Roots” by Megan Smolenyak
  • May 28, 2018UPMatters.com – “After almost 52 years, Calumet’s MIA soldier was never forgotten” (Kipina, Marshall) by Rebecca Bartelme
  • May 26, 2018Waco Tribune-Herald – “Veterans’ Voices: Lonnie Eichelberger” (Eichelberger, Lonnie) by Mary Drennon
  • May 25, 2018Medium – “Correcting the Record of WWI Hero and Medal of Honor Recipient Sgt. Henry Johnson” (Johnson, Henry) by Megan Smolenyak
  • May 22, 2018Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Killed During Korean War Accounted For” (Hall, John W.)
  • May 19, 2018WSB-TV – “Meghan Markle, Michelle Obama trace families to same metro Atlanta town” by Bob D’Angelo
  • May 18, 2018The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – “Meghan Markle, Michelle Obama, trace families to Jonesboro” by Bo Emerson
  • May 16, 2018The Times-Tribune – “Unclaimed but still remembered” by Joseph Kohut
  • May 13, 2018Times Union – “Henry Johnson, Albany’s WWI hero, gets new honor a century after battle” (Johnson, Henry) by Steve Hughes
  • May 10, 2018Parade – “Tips for Tracing Your Family Tree” by Samantha Johnson
  • April 8, 2018The Washington Post – “After 73 years, the remains of a Tuskegee airman lost over Europe may have been found” (Dickson, Lawrence E.) by Michael E. Ruane
  • April 7, 2018The Roanoke Times – “CASEY: How would Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s immigrant ancestor have fared under immigration reform?” by Dan Casey
  • April 6, 2018Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Missing From Vietnam War Accounted For” (Kipina, Marshall F.)
  • March 27, 2018 (Updated April 4th) – Stuttgart Daily Leader – “Remains of war vet found” (McDowell, William C.) by Eplunus Brooks Colvin
  • March 27, 2018Cleveland.com – “A Korean War MIA finally gets a name and a grave” (Simon, Peter) by Brian Albrecht
  • March 25, 2018AP News – “74 years later, a pilot who crashed in France returns home” (Fazekas, Frank) by Carrie Antlfinger and Jeffrey Schaeffer
  • March 23, 2018Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Funeral Announcement For Soldier Killed During The Korean War” (Simon, Pete W.)
  • March 22, 2018Texarkana Gazette – “Rudy’s return – Arkansan who went missing during WWII to be laid to rest today” (Johnson, Rudolph “Rudy”) by Karl Richter
  • March 17, 2018The Fayetteville Observer – “Fort Bragg paratrooper, missing more than 70 years, is coming home” (Rosenkrantz, David) by Drew Brooks
  • March 15, 2018Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Killed During Korean War Accounted For” (Jubb, J.)
  • March 14, 2018Stars and Stripes – “Remains of Korean War POW headed to Michigan for burial” (Harkness, Harry) (Associated Press)
  • March 11, 2018Medium – “How Katy Perry’s Irish Ancestress Cashed in on California’s Gold Rush” by Megan Smolenyak
  • February 6, 2018Maven – “The Real Migrants of Washington D.C.”™ – The Trumps & Pence edition
  • January 29, 2018The Washington Post – “How ‘chain migration’ brought us the Trump White House” by Philip Bump
  • January 25, 2018RAWSTORY – “Trump has a bizarre hatred for ‘chain migration’ – but Mike Pence’s family is the perfect example of it” by Sarah K. Burris
  • January 18, 2018Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Missing From Korean War Accounted For” (McDowell, W.)
  • January 10, 2018 (Updated January 19th)Houston Chronicle – “Decades after dying in battle, a World War II soldier is buried in home soil” (Eichelberger, Lonnie B.C.) by Emily Foxhall
  • January 10, 2018Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – “Soldier Missing From Korean War Accounted For” (Quintero, A.)
  • January 5, 2018KWTX – Waco, Texas – “Recently accounted for World War II Veteran from Waco to be buried with full honors” (Eichelberger, Lonnie B.C.)