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Genealogy Roundup, December 20

By |2017-12-20T11:21:59-05:00December 20th, 2017|Celebrities, DNA / Genetic Genealogy, Genealogy Roundup, Military|

In this week's Roundup: Snopes.com investigates the claim that DNA testing companies admitted to altering test results, Lin-Manuel Miranda is profiled on BBC Radio 4, and an airman missing from World War II is accounted for.

Genealogy Roundup, October 4

By |2017-10-04T10:50:55-04:00October 4th, 2017|Celebrities, Genealogy Roundup, Human Interest, Immigration, Military|

In this week's Roundup: On the 88th anniversary of his arrival in his adopted country, a World War II veteran shares the one thing he'd like every U.S. citizen to appreciate; another veteran is reunited with a memento after 73 years, and more.

Genealogy Roundup, September 20

By |2017-09-20T11:17:21-04:00September 20th, 2017|Genealogy Roundup, History, Human Interest, Military|

In this week's Roundup: Starting a new case for a soldier who lost his life at age 22 in the English Channel on D-Day, and don't you know, he had applied for Sons of the American Revolution when he was only 20. A hero and a genealogist. Obviously, his family history meant a lot to him.

Genealogy Roundup, August 23

By |2017-08-23T11:36:49-04:00August 23rd, 2017|Genealogy Roundup, Human Interest, Military|

In this week's Roundup: A video about the search for a Tuskegee Airman whose plane went down on the way back to base after a reconnaissance mission in December 1944, what it's like to be a genealogist, missing soldier and airman from WWII returning home, and more.

Genealogy Roundup, August 16

By |2017-08-16T11:15:00-04:00August 16th, 2017|Genealogy Roundup, History, Human Interest, Military|

In this week's Roundup: Reminders of steamships in New York City, once one of the world's busiest ports; a colonel's WWII-era Army uniform is returned to his granddaughter, who "for the past 3 ½ years has researched and documented the life of her late grandfather, publishing his wartime diaries and giving speeches about his heroism"; and more . . .

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