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Genealogy Roadshow
Detroit
Season 1
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The GENEALOGY ROADSHOW team connects Detroit citizens to world events with ancestral findings at the Daley Rhea Mansion in “Motor City.” Ford Motor Company’s first female design engineer learns details of her parents’ secret World War II activities and her father’s untimely death.
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Trace a woman’s tie to a WWII code talker, a man’s link to a comic book heroine and more.
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Enjoy the most intriguing stories selected from both seasons of the series.
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Hear fascinating stories about citizens of the City of Brotherly Love.
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Genealogists uncover fascinating family stories at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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Hear fascinating family stories related at the Cabildo, home of the Louisiana State Museum
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Explore a participant’s link to the famous New Orleans Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveau.