Monthly Archives: December 2023

#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Family Lore

For a New Year’s post, the topic of “Family Lore” brings to mind the tradition of eating black-eyed peas on the first day of the year. My pap-pa (maternal grandfather Hoyt Cook) always said that for every black-eyed pea you … Continue reading

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DNA Link to 5th Great-Grandparents

I’m not entirely sure who this 5th great-grandparent couple are, but I carry their DNA, and that’s amazing to me. How I Found the Match One of my dad’s brothers took a DNA test for me at FamilyTreeDNA. I decided … Continue reading

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Watching “The Orville”

We’re a few episodes into Season 3 of “The Orville.” When it was new, we saw the pilot (on YouTube, I’m guessing) and thought it was okay, although the humor (in some cases) seemed a little forced. With our Black … Continue reading

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