The past comes alive when a novice starts looking at his roots

Friday, October 24, 2014

My family -- on both my mother's and my father's side -- has never been much interested in its ancestry. I've mentioned this before, but I think the reason was simple: They were consumed with surviving and didn't put much stock in digging into the past.

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