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Erin Burnett Learns About Her Ancestors’ Rare Divorce

Erin Burnett Learns About Her Ancestors’ Rare Divorce

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Amy Carlson Loves Her Great-Great Grandparents’ Meet-Cute

Amy Carlson Loves Her Great-Great Grandparents’ Meet-Cute

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Erin Burnett Reads Her Great-Grandmother’s Baptism Record

Erin Burnett Reads Her Great-Grandmother’s Baptism Record

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André Leon Talley: “Everyone in That Church was a Queen”

André Leon Talley: “Everyone in That Church was a Queen”

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Amy Carlson Admires Her Sixth-Great Grandmother’s Stoicism

Amy Carlson Admires Her Sixth-Great Grandmother’s Stoicism

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André Leon Talley Grandfather Was Stationed in France

André Leon Talley Grandfather Was Stationed in France

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André Leon Talley Stunned by Ancestor’s Bequeathment

André Leon Talley Stunned by Ancestor’s Bequeathment

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Edward Norton's Great-Great-Grandfather Was Murdered

Edward Norton's Great-Great-Grandfather Was Murdered

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Julia Roberts Learns of Swedish Ancestors' Humble Beginnings

Julia Roberts Learns of Swedish Ancestors' Humble Beginnings

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A portrait of Claire Danes, with her resting her chin on her hand.

Claire Danes Discovers Her Great-Grandfather’s WWI Sacrifice

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Jeff Daniels Ancestors Testified in the Salem Witch Trials

Jeff Daniels Ancestors Testified in the Salem Witch Trials

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Carol Burnett Learns Who Fought in Wars — and Who Fled

Carol Burnett Learns Who Fought in Wars — and Who Fled

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Finding Your Roots

Regina King: “Seeing it Written Hits Differently”

Regina King reads a will from 1851 and learns her third-great grandfather was bequeathed from one generation of slaveholders to the next.
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