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The woman behind the picture
She is not smiling for the photo. She is not even looking at the camera. Who is my great grandmother? What does her expression mean?
1828 – 1917
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The family secret behind granddad's desk calendar
A surprising artifact discovered after a parent's death leads to a series of discoveries and an ongoing interest in genealogy.
October 1937 – August 2006
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Who Do You Think You Are: Christina Applegate
In a real tear-jerker of an episode, Christina discovers the painful reasons why her father never knew his mother.
1921 – 2013
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Who Do You Think You Are: Chelsea Handler
Though raised in a Jewish household, Chelsea confronts her family’s deepest mystery: her grandfather Karl Stöcker’s rumored Nazi past.
1933 – 1944
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Who Do You Think You Are: Zooey Deschanel
Zooey had always heard her Quaker ancestors were active abolitionists, but the extent of their involvement is truly remarkable.
1800 – October 1852
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Samuel McCormick (abt.1831-1887)
After fleeing Ireland as a young man, during the potato famine, Samuel settles on a farm in Burlington, New Jersey, and has eight children.
1831 – Sep 1979
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Bracha Ingber and"The Madoff of Ternovo"
The story of how a brave young girl stood up to a financial con artist and proved him wrong.
1914 – January 2017
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Ringel-Kaufler roots in Austrian Galicia
Schija Ringel and Feiga Kaufler came to Berlin as young people in the 1880s. They had their roots in Jewish Galicia.
1829 – 5 NOV 1885
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Roaring Twenties — young man on the make
Walter Ruby hustled his way as a traveling silver salesman, with some career side trips into boxing promotion and medicinal alcohol.
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