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Ancestry/Genealogy

shanti

(21,723 posts) Tue Jan 8, 2013, 11:26 PM Jan 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/07/22/nyregion/20110722-family-tree.html

This is an oldish story, but so exciting for me to just find as i'm a direct descendant.

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NYT piece on a branch of my family [View all] shanti Jan 2013 OP

I'm a direct descendent too kdmorris Jan 2013 #1

hey cousin! shanti Jan 2013 #2

I bet anyone who came to America in the 1600's kdmorris Jan 2013 #3

genealogy is like shanti Jan 2013 #4

I found out that my husband is my 7th cousin on my mother's side kdmorris Jan 2013 #5

I found out my parents (both now deceased) were 8th cousins. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #8

history lesson, yes grasswire Jan 2013 #6

Interesting Spider Jerusalem Jan 2013 #7