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Journeys home, inspiring stories, plus tips and strategies to find your family history

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Journeys home, inspiring stories, plus tips and strategies to find your family history

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eng

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Journeys home

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inspiring stories, plus tips and strategies to find your family history

Summary

Addressing the explosive growth in ancestral travel, this compelling narrative combines intriguing tales of discovery with tips on how to begin your own explorations. Actor and award-winning travel writer Andrew McCarthy's featured story recounts his quest to uncover his family's Irish history, while twenty-five other prominent writers tell their own heartfelt stories of connection. Spanning the globe, these stories offer personal takes on journeying home, whether the authors are actively seeking long-lost relatives, meeting up with seldom-seen family members, or perhaps just visiting the old country to get a feel for their roots. A foreword by the Genographic Project's Spencer Wells sets the scene

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adult

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