When Manhattan resident Jennifer Maston realized that her family's stories were at risk of dying out, she decided to make a family tree. But her initial inquiry into researching ancestors quickly took her to a new level. Now she's turning up information that solves family mysteries, reveals stories she'd never heard, and makes her want to dig into the hardest-to-reach levels of her own family's past.

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