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52 ancestors in 52 weeks: (25): On National Indigenous Peoples Day – Nature, nurture, and indigenous adoption

I’m not really qualified to be addressing the subject of adoption or cultural loss, in family trees or otherwise; I wasn’t adopted and my “cultural” heritage is very much of the mainstream variety, sometimes to my sorrow. But these are … Continue reading

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52 ancestors in 52 weeks (24): Nature versus nurture, part I

Why is genealogy so popular these days? I’ve been thinking about this question for awhile now. Maybe it’s not really new, or maybe it’s grown in popularity at least partly because DNA tests are now available – and popular. One … Continue reading

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