Video: Exclusive: How a Rare Portrait of an Enslaved Child Arrived at the Met – Unfortunately, I don’t seem to be able to get a free link for non-subscribers, but this video is so worth watching that I’m sharing it anyway. If you’re able to access it, please take a few minutes to watch this fascinating tale.

UPDATE: I’m learning on other platforms that most people *are* able to view this video, so I hope that applies to you!

Someone uploaded this fellow into one of the online trees I’m working on and I can’t stop seeing Josh Groban.

Northumberland coastal village creates one of the world’s largest family trees – Love this kind of local initiative. Reminds me of what a handful of us did with Osturňa, Slovakia some years back.

30 Million People Today Are Descendants of Passengers on the Mayflower – I don’t think this will be a surprise to most genealogists, but props to the writer for including pedigree collapse!

Top Photo Credit: NoName_13 under Creative Commons license

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