The Baby Died. Whose Fault Is It? – Twiblings, eh? Good luck, future genealogists.

10 Cemeteries to See Before (or After) You Die – Cool cemeteries to ponder over the holiday weekend and put on your to-visit list.

Taylor Swift’s Formidable Female Forebears – Seems a good time to share my research about Taylor Swift’s fascinating ancestors!

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Regeneron to buy bankrupt 23andMe, vows ethical use of customer DNA data – So now we know the new owner of 23andMe. #GeneticGenealogy

Soldier Accounted For From WWII – Welcome home, CPL George “Jud” F Sepsey. Honored to have researched your family. #WWII #Hero

Pope Leo’s European Grandparents: The Mystery Solved – The other half of the Pope’s family tree

Photo by Coronel G on Unsplash

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The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier – Another one of those pockets of history I was clueless about: The South Dakota as America’s Divorce Colony

Photo Credit: irisWphotography under Creative Commons license

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Korean War Era Draft Registration Cards Now Available on Fold3! – So it’s just Alaska and Wyoming (they always start with states with small populations so they can claim more quickly), but still cool to see Korean War era draft registration cards!

Genetic Genealogy Can Stop Violent Criminals and Free the Wrongly Convicted – I’d like to see genetic genealogy be used for more exonerations as well.

How an Interracial Marriage Sparked One of the Most Scandalous Trials of the Roaring Twenties – Fascinating and eye-opening case I wasn’t familiar with. Even if you’re already acquainted with it, you’ll want to read writer Bryan Greene’s masterful rendition.

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Independent Directors of 23andMe Resign from Board – More bad news for 23andMe. I’m assuming most reading this have already done so, but just in case not, download your 23andMe data.

Roots Tourism International Exchange Set to Welcome 1,000-5,000 Visitors as Matera Highlights Italy’s Ancestry Tourism Surge – OK, who’s going to this roots travel conference in Italy?

Genealogy Website to Pay $30 Million Over 2023 Data Breach – Whoa, 23andMe has to pay $30 million for data breach.

Airman Accounted for from WWII (Curran, B.) – Welcome home, PVT Bernard Curran. Honored to have researched your family.

Tim Walz of the Tomhaggard Doyles – How a Solitary Tombstone in Wisconsin Solved the Mystery of His Irish Origins – It took me a while to get there, but I did in the end!

Acorn TV Moves Into Unscripted With Jane Seymour-Hosted True-Crime/Genealogy Series – Ah, I see they veered off into a true crime direction. Not a huge surprise, but I hope it’s heavy on the genealogy and light on the crime aspect.

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Secret History of Alan Alda’s M*A*S*H Dog Tags – How I would have loved to have done this research!

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Soldier Accounted for from WWII (Young, C.) – Welcome home, Tech Sgt Charles Edward Young. Honored to have researched your family. #hero

Ask the Experts with Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak – If y’all are in the mood for a little genealogy chit-chat, please consider watching this conversation I had with Diahan Southard, Your DNA Guide. We had a lot of fun and I hope you will too!

The mysterious tyranny of trendy baby names – Excellent article on US baby names over time. Will surprise you!

Genetic Genealogy’s First Decade – Curious about the early days of genetic genealogy? Curious about the early days of genetic genealogy? I got you covered (thanks to Your DNA Guide!).

Top Photo Credit: Birth and Death Certificate Research – City of Minneapolis Archives under Creative Commons license

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Found: A Fancy Baby Boot From the 14th Century – You know you’re a genealogist when your first thought is whether they could do some DNA testing to learn more about the fancy baby.

We Tried To Find 10 BuzzFeed Employees Just Like Cops Did For The Golden State Killer – So many thoughts . . .

Dear Photograph –

96-year-old Mom Reunites with Daughter she was Forced to Give Up 82 Years Ago –   

Tim Schrandt of Ridgeway, Iowa – Too good not to share.

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Boy George shares an unusual and touching message from a fan – Boy George – while filming “Who Do You Think You Are?”

Meet Your Great-Uncle, Kanye

17 British sperm donors have fathered more than 500 children between them, figures show – Imagine the family trees.

From Ellen to Eileen – A tale about my own family!

Soldier Missing From Korean War Accounted For (Quintero, A.) – Delighted that Cpl. Albert E. Quintero who gave his life in Korea has been identified. For some reason, this release calls him a Pfc, but he was a Cpl. Honored to have researched his family. RIP and welcome home.

Why Hasn’t Devin Nunes Assimilated Yet? – Wow, Medium is featuring another one of my articles!

Europeana Migration – Chance to share your family’s migration tale

New DNA technology helped to identify remains of 1st Sgt. David H. Quinn – This might explain the sudden burst in identifications of cases I’ve researched over the years. Interesting prospects for the future as well!

Parabon@ Announces Snapshot@ Genetic Genealogy Service for Law Enforcement – More movement in the intersection of genetic genealogy and criminal investigation

The creepy, dark side of DNA databases – And the genetic genealogy scare pieces keep coming…

This 400-year-old church is older than almost any institution in America – 400 years!

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