My Family Genie

03/03/2026

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03/02/2026

Meow 🐈‍⬛️. If you aren't Jewish, you may not be familiar with the holiday or assume this is Jewish Halloween. But it's a day Jews commemorate triumph over their enemies who sought their destruction, this time in Shushan, Persia. The historic relationship between the Jewish and Iranian people goes back millennia, beginning when Cyrus the Great ended the Babylonian Captivity and allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the Second Temple.

Purim hits differently this year, but where we can, we still wear our costumes, listen to Megilat Esther (the Scroll of Esther), and eat our fill of Hamentaschen. Chag Purim Sameach!

02/28/2026

Where you will find me until further notice.

02/27/2026

Thankful has photos on IG from over a decade ago, and he's only 27. Makes my job easier! From his high school football days.

02/26/2026

So I wanted to learn more about Southern Charm Salley Carson's medical sales career, and a gem of a photo and interview popped up from 2018. Will add the interview link to stories.

02/25/2026

Absolutely horrible news. RIP.

02/24/2026

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02/21/2026

The number of emotional support family trees I've built 🙃.

02/20/2026

The hits keep coming 😢. Eric Dane has passed away at age 53. This yearbook photo was posted on the Sequoia High School-Class of 2000 page. RIP.

02/19/2026

This story is basically local news for me (my husband is from Pawtucket), so I have been following it closely. Robert Dorgan aka Roberta Esposito murdered ex-wife, Rhonda, and son, Aidan, and left in-laws and a family friend critically injured before committing su***de at a hockey game. First, we learn that Dorgan proudly sported N**i tattoos. Then, we learn Dorgan was father to Kevin Colantonio who is currently in federal prison for commiting arson against a predominantly Black church (also big local news in the area last year). Next, we hear Dorgan was first cousins once removed with ex-wife, Rhonda (Dorgan and ex father-in-law, Gerald, appear to be first cousins). I decided to dig more into this family tree and found an article in the 2007 Providence Journal (last slide) that was heartbreakingly shocking. Father and son playing ice hockey. No words.

02/17/2026

Just read that investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) may be used to catch Nancy Guthrie's kidnapper! The best way to help: get your DNA on GEDMatch or FTDNA because those are the sites law enforcement are limited to. Hope this produces a lead 🙏. Happy to answer anyone's questions about this.

02/16/2026

Actor Robert Duvall passed away yesterday at the age of 95. Senior yearbook photo from 1949. RIP.