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Understanding The Roots

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For a couple of years now, I've been researching the good ole family tree and have only gotten as far as finding out the names of both maternal/paternal grandmothers' birth parents. I don't want it to stop there and need to keep going further back. I'm simply fascinated by my family's history and yearn to see where the roots stem from, where that tree was planted. In talking to my mom about it, she too finds herself enamored with the idea of discovering where we hail.... A good friend of mine, G who was also learning about her personal origins/genealogy helped me find beneficial sites like myheritage.com and 23andme.com. Myheritage.com was a place where I could plot down information I had about the family tree. I have some of my parents, grandparents, and great grandparent's information due to knowledge, obituaries, and my aunt (dad's sister) gave me further. As a site member, she also added cousins, siblings, and other Glaspers I had never heard o...