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Tim Walz of the Tomhaggard Doyles

How a Solitary Tombstone in Wisconsin Solved the Mystery of His Irish Origins

Sep 14, 2024

Tim Walz of the Tomhaggard Doyles

Sep 14, 2024

Cut from the Same Cloth: Joe Biden and Stephen Colbert Share More than Their Irish Heritage

Genealogy has been an unexpected door-opener for me leading to many “Who the hell let me in here?” moments over the years — not the least…

Apr 11, 2023

Cut from the Same Cloth: Joe Biden and Stephen Colbert Share More than Their Irish Heritage

Apr 11, 2023

Philip Reed, The Enslaved Man Who Rescued Freedom

This is an updated version of an article that was first published in the May/June 2009 issue of Ancestry (pages 54–56), which has become…

Jan 10, 2021

Philip Reed, The Enslaved Man Who Rescued Freedom

Jan 10, 2021

10 Things You Didn’t Know about Rachel Maddow’s Roots

As both a genealogist and TRMS viewer, I suppose it was inevitable that I would peek into Rachel Maddow’s past, and now seems a fitting…

Dec 7, 2017

10 Things You Didn’t Know about Rachel Maddow’s Roots

Dec 7, 2017

The Immigrant Ancestors Ann Coulter Wishes She Didn’t Have

In an appearance on The View to promote one of her books, Ann Coulter reiterated her well-known anti-immigrant stance. Guest host Ana…

Dec 7, 2017

The Immigrant Ancestors Ann Coulter Wishes She Didn’t Have

Dec 7, 2017

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Chain Migration: What’s Changed?

The immigration debate is permeated by a forgetful nostalgia that frequently bubbles up the declaration, “But my ancestors came here…

Feb 13, 2018

Chain Migration: What’s Changed?

Feb 13, 2018

Why Are Children and Grandchildren of Immigrants So Eager to Keep Immigrants Out?

I should have known. Of course his grandfather was an immigrant. After all, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) is the sponsor of Securing America’s…

Mar 21, 2018

Why Are Children and Grandchildren of Immigrants So Eager to Keep Immigrants Out?

Mar 21, 2018

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The Revolving Door Citizenship of Tomi Lahren’s Great-Great-Grandfather

How does this keep happening? I’ve researched thousands of family trees, and ones involving documented immigration irregularities are…

Aug 12, 2018

The Revolving Door Citizenship of Tomi Lahren’s Great-Great-Grandfather

Aug 12, 2018

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Biden’s Biden Roots: Westbourne or Huntingdon, England or Maybe Nagpur, India?

I first researched incoming President Biden’s genealogy about a dozen years ago focusing on his 5/8 Irish heritage. Not surprisingly…

Nov 18, 2020

Biden’s Biden Roots: Westbourne or Huntingdon, England or Maybe Nagpur, India?

Nov 18, 2020

5 Things You Didn’t Know about Joe Biden’s Roots

By now, just about everyone knows how proud Joe Biden is of his Irish heritage. I began researching his roots even before he became Vice…

Jan 12, 2021

5 Things You Didn’t Know about Joe Biden’s Roots

Jan 12, 2021

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Tracing Barack Obama’s Roots to Moneygall, Ireland

Tombstones in Ohio made all the difference

Mar 24, 2021

Tracing Barack Obama’s Roots to Moneygall, Ireland

Mar 24, 2021

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