The Amazing Women in Stephen Colbert’s Family Tree
Did I know anything about Stephen Colbert’s roots? Luckily for him, I had two hundred years of family history at the ready.
Identifying the Mystery Man in My Baby Photo
His tidy script notes that it was the "American caretaker, Belleau Woods Cemetery, France" and the slide shows this man bending over to chat with 18-month-old me.
Taylor Swift’s Formidable Female Forebears
...when a journalist friend reached out with a specific request involving Taylor Swift, I agreed. I admire the hell out of her, so why not?
Solving the Mystery of Arne Pettersen, the Last to Leave Ellis Island
What became of Arne Pettersen, the last man to depart from Ellis Island?