Articles About Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are? Episode 3 – Lisa Kudrow
It was a tough journey for actress Lisa Kudrow. On tonight’s episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, Lisa returned to the place where members of her family – her great-grandmother included – had been murdered in the Holocaust. But she ends on a high note: a reconnection to an ancestor Lisa and her… Read more
Am I Related to Everyone with My Last Name?
It probably makes statistical sense that Emmitt Smith would run into a distant cousin when he visited Burnt Corn, Alabama. If your family put down roots in a small town and remained there for any length of time, at least a handful of descendants could still be around the town today. In Burnt Corn, which… Read more
Who Do You Think You Are? Episode 2 – Emmitt Smith
On tonight’s episode of Who Do You Think You Are? on NBC, Emmitt Smith wanted to take his family roots back to Africa, and while the task may have seemed impossible at first, the stars aligned for Emmitt and researchers – not only did Emmitt trace the path of his American slave ancestors, he also… Read more
Lining Up Your History
I hated history in high school, a fact that seems absurd to me today since now I’m surrounded by it. But back then, history was just a bunch of names and dates and events that had no impact on me whatsoever. Or so I thought. Age does funny things to you. Gravity aside, it’s also… Read more
Did You Calculate the Dates?
Who Do You Think You Are? Episode 1
My first thought when I saw that obituary handed to Sarah Jessica Parker was that there was no way John S. Hodge could be John Eber Hodge’s dad. John Eber was born in late September 1850; by my calculations, that’s just a bit too late for him to be the son of a miner who… Read more
Who Do You Think You Are? Episode 1 – Sarah Jessica Parker
Turns out history knows a lot about Sarah Jessica Parker’s family tree. She’s a gold miner’s great-great-great-great-granddaughter with links to an accused witch. In case you missed any of the details of where Sarah Jessica went and what she saw, here they are, in a very small nutshell: Sarah Jessica starts her journey by talking… Read more
Truth Is Better Than Dull Old Family Fiction
I’ve been told all my life that I come from a family of horse thieves. How else can you explain turning out a last name like Croasmun when a perfectly simple-to-spell version, Crossman, exists? But family stories aren’t always as they seem. Take actress Sarah Jessica Parker’s family story, which says she’s from a family… Read more
See Grandpa’s Homeland – On Our Dime
I have this dream that one day someone will hand me the money to go on the family history trek of my choice. Not the one that takes me to Pittsburgh, to coal mines in western Pennsylvania, or to dig through a shoebox full of photos at my parents’ house in Alabama – all fantastic… Read more
Get Ready For NBC’s Premiere of “Who Do You Think You Are?” (March 5 at 8/7c)
As you may have already heard, NBC is premiering the new TV show Who Do You Think You Are? on March 5 at 8/7c. The family history-focused series will lead seven celebrities on a heart-warming journey back in time as they discover more about the ancestors who came before them. Lisa Kudrow, who executive produced… Read more
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