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Our Ancestry Obsession

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jun 5, 2014

Sites like Ancestry.com and 23andMe have exploded in popularity in recent years. Maud Newton explores our obsession with our roots—and the proliferation of amateur genealogists—in her article "America's Ancestry Craze" in the June issue of Harper's.

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