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We found my grandfather.

January 29, 2018January 29, 2018 Tony Tran47 Comments

We found him. My ong ngaoi. My grandfather. His name is Keith Brown. He lived in Houston, Texas. And he’s dead. There is a lot more to this story — but here are the fast facts: My mom’s uncle (Keith’s brother) appeared as a relative match. His name is Clifton. He’s Continue Reading

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Cousin connection: 6 degrees of Andrea

January 3, 2018 Tony Tran46 Comments

It’s like the game but instead of Kevin Bacon, it’s with an elderly black woman.  So a while back, I messaged a new new 2nd – 3rd cousin hit through AncestryDNA with my usual form letter: SUB: Can you help me, cousin? Hello, My name is Tony and it looks like Continue Reading

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Why the alt-right hates genealogy

January 1, 2018January 3, 2018 Tony Tran40 Comments

I stumbled upon an alt-right subreddit the other night (presumably because the universe wants me to get a stupidity-induced nosebleed before the year is up) and one of the posts on there caught my eye. Clicking on it sent me to an article the notorious red pill culture website Return Continue Reading

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