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Ancestry

Some folks have family trees that go back generations, others don’t know who their birth mothers are. No matter what, the human desire to know where one came from runs deep.

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I Work for My Estranged Father
5 mins / HerbSalt
Ancestry
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Embracing My Muslim Identity in America Is Impossible
4 mins / Desert Sky
Ancestry
+ 1 more
Why I Won't Take an Ancestry DNA Test
5 mins / 99 Axolotls
Ancestry
What Americans Can Learn from the Immigrant Spirit
5 mins / Daydream Believer
Ancestry

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I’m a New Dad Taking Family Leave—and People Are Mad
4 mins / Daddy Tryhard
Ancestry
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How My Parents Guided My First Psychedelic Trip
6 mins / Treddy
Ancestry
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I Don’t Know If I Should Forgive My Homophobic Family
6 mins / Lesbihonest
Ancestry
+ 2 more
I Tried to Hide My Pakistani Heritage for Too Long
5 mins / The Olive Branch
Ancestry
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My Father, the Tyrant
5 mins / Johnnie Gun
Ancestry
Colonialism Will No Longer Define Me
5 mins / Thetruth
Ancestry