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7 Things You Didn’t Know about Hakeem Jeffries’ Roots – This article is genealogical, but about a political figure, so if that doesn’t appeal to you, please simply ignore this. For the rest, I hope you’ll find this interesting!

Julia Roberts Isn’t a Roberts – I recall one of Julia Roberts’ cousins being very disturbed when I wrote this HuffPo article about her not really being a Roberts back in 2011. People within the same family can respond very differently to this kind of revelation.

“I’m just gonna put down Pacman.” – Before you groan, note that it’s Pasczmasciuz who’s changing his own name!

Royalty Inside My DNA – You and a few million others.

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