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StacyB @Srbageldog (7716) • United States 11 Mar 18

I've spent the majority of the night on Ancestry.com researching my dad's side of the family. I literally knew nothing about them other than a few names. I never knew my paternal grandfather. He did some horrible things when my...

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Spent a little bit of time on my family tree today.

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 31 Jan 18

I created a GEDmatch ID sometime last year but haven't really gotten around to doing anything with it. I did share my ID with a group on facebook but no matches came up from the few that offered up their own ID numbers. Tonight I...

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Family Tree Horrors !!!

Hate2Iron @Hate2Iron (15724) • Canada 2 Jan 17

I have 2 sister who apparently married the same man. Each claims to have given birth to the same son. Even on the son's marriage records, (he was married twice), one sister is named on one and the other listed on his second...

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Time To Do A Little Housecleaning on My Family Tree

Hate2Iron @Hate2Iron (15724) • Canada 4 Apr 16

We all come across brick walls once we get involved with our tree and there are a few sets of ancestors that have been giving me trouble for some time now. I think that it is time to step back and see if I have copied something...

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How helpful are message boards in genealogy research?

barbaraeyre @barbaraeyre (326) • United States 30 May 09

When I can, I have been doing my genealogy research, off and on for the last 4 years. Like many, I can not afford the yearly memberships to many of the key genealogy database websites, so I rely heavily on free sources and the...

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obama and pitt cousins

bmorehouse1 @bmorehouse1 (1028) • United States 8 Sep 08

Did you know that Obama and Brad Pitt are cousins? 9th cousins to be exact. It also seems that Hilary Clinton and Angeline Jolie are also 9th cousins, twice removed so they say. I realize that 9th cousins are probably only a drop...

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