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Have you ever stumbled across a name in your family tree and thought, well, that would be cool if it were true? And then you proved it. And that turned out to be so much ...

What if the family you're born into isn’t the only one that shapes you?

I've been thinking about that question ever since I sat down with Nancy Kotz and Lynne Snierson for...

What must it feel like to grow up knowing your mother walked out the door when you were just three years old and never came back?

Nicole Palsa grew up staring at a frame...

 What would you do if a single letter revealed that everything you thought you knew about your family was only half the story?

That's exactly what happened to Scott Prat...

Have you ever found someone in your family tree who seemed like just a name and a date, only to discover they lived a life so extraordinary you can hardly believe you're ...

What if the place your ancestors called home could tell you as much about who you are as their names and dates ever could?

I think about this a lot. We spend so much tim...

Most of us can name the town our parents grew up in. Maybe we've even visited. But what if your family's connection to a place ran so deep that there's a mountain bearing...

What if the most powerful proof of your family's legacy isn't hiding in a record database somewhere but sitting right on the wall of an old log cabin on a Kentucky creek?...

Have you ever stood at someone's front door, heart pounding, not entirely sure if you were about to be welcomed in or sent running? And then you realized that the person ...

Have you ever stared at a name in your family tree and thought, where on earth did that come from? Not the surname. The middle name. The one that doesn't match anything e...