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A mile into Utah’s Little Cottonwood Canyon, heading east from Salt Lake City toward the Wasatch ski slopes, several concrete arches open into the face of a mountain. Behind doors designed to ...

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When Maxine Piecuch delved deep into the world of genealogy research, she wasn't even sure of her father's first name. He'd died of pneumonia, she was told, before she was 2, and the Missouri native — ...

This is like a local version of the popular PBS program, “Finding Your Roots." Ancestry Special. This is like a local version of the popular PBS program, “Finding ...

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African Ancestry co-founder Dr. Gina Paige helps Black people connect to their personal history one swab at a time. She credits her family for her interest in connecting others to their lineages. “I ...

On Tuesday night’s episode of Finding Your Roots, the Henry Louis Gates Jr.-hosted PBS celebrity genealogy show, the musician and producer Questlove (Amir Thompson) will get a chance to uncover his ...

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