This week: A restaurant born of loss that showcases a spectrum of cultural cuisines - all cooked with love by grandmothers, a retired doctor helped by genetic genealogy to identify the father she never knew, a love letter lost for more than seventy years makes its way to the intended recipient, and much more!
Television producers frequently reach out to pick my brains about forthcoming shows, and I generally do my best to help because I have a conspicuous bias: I’d like to see as much genealogy on air as possible. But yesterday I received an inquiry that made me check the calendar to be sure it was 2016.
In this week's roundup, we have two stories about genetic genealogy, a name-mapping website, a new genealogy show on TV, a look at former slave quarters, and more.
When I traced President Obama's roots to Ireland, I had no idea what it would trigger. French soldier’s room unchanged 96 years after his death in WWI.
93-year-old goes to Ellis Island to learn about her mother's journey to America, family portrait of flood victim finds its way back home and 2 DNA stories.
This video will be of interest to folks who are into genetic genealogy. It features a clever use of mtDNA testing to get past a long-standing brick wall.
