Oct 1 2019SaveNews10/1/19News10/1/19Virginia Man Sues Local Paper, Reporter for Accurately Reporting His Family’s Slaveholding HistoryAnne Branigin149SaveHere’s the thing about descending from a “First Family of Virginia”—there’s going to be an abundance of receipts…
Apr 6 2018Save4/6/18Tracing Your Roots: Why Did My Family Bury the Past?Henry Louis Gates Jr. and NEHGS Senior Researcher Meaghan E.H. Siekman1SaveSilence shrouded information about a family’s past, and those who could provide answers are deceased. Fortunately,…
Mar 6 2018Save3/6/18I Got My AncestryDNA Results Back, and I’m About 40 Percent African. I’m Going to Wakanda!Panama Jackson79SaveI got my results back from AncestryDNA. About damn time, too. I was like a crackhead, checking my email every single…
Oct 2 2017Save10/2/17Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Las Vegas Mass Shooting, FBI Refutes That the Gunman Had Any ConnectionBreanna Edwards43SaveA website affiliated with the Islamic State claims that the Las Vegas mass shooter, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, who…