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The Lake of Dreams The Lake of Dreams (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.19 — 14,651 ratings — published 2010
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Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.35 — 2,202 ratings — published 2022
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Family Tree Problem Solver Family Tree Problem Solver (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 342 ratings — published 2005
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Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.89 — 46,090 ratings — published 2019
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Shaking the Family Tree: Blue Bloods, Black Sheep, and Other Obsessions of an Accidental Genealogist Shaking the Family Tree: Blue Bloods, Black Sheep, and Other Obsessions of an Accidental Genealogist (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 351 ratings — published 2010
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Who Do You Think You Are?: The Essential Guide to Tracing Your Family History Who Do You Think You Are?: The Essential Guide to Tracing Your Family History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 458 ratings — published 2009
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The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 792 ratings — published 2016
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Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Tracing Your Irish Ancestors (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 128 ratings — published 1993
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Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.86 — 2,191 ratings — published 2006
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Bloodroot Bloodroot (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.80 — 8,399 ratings — published 2010
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Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 704 ratings — published 2006
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Herbert & Harry Herbert & Harry (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.82 — 84 ratings — published 1986
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Mr McGee and the Blackberry Jam Mr McGee and the Blackberry Jam (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 127 ratings — published 1993
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The Postcard The Postcard (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 39,551 ratings — published 2021
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Show Way Show Way (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 3,490 ratings — published 2005
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It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.55 — 38,598 ratings — published 2016
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Scottish Genealogy Scottish Genealogy (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.93 — 81 ratings — published 2009
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Nordic Tales: Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark Nordic Tales: Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 2,725 ratings — published 2019
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3) An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
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avg rating 4.37 — 20,567 ratings — published 2014
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We Are Water Protectors We Are Water Protectors (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.48 — 8,913 ratings — published 2020
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The Family Tree Scottish Genealogy Guide: How to Trace Your Ancestors in Scotland The Family Tree Scottish Genealogy Guide: How to Trace Your Ancestors in Scotland (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 23 ratings — published
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All-In-One Basic to Advanced Guide to Genealogy & Ancestry History Research All-In-One Basic to Advanced Guide to Genealogy & Ancestry History Research (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.57 — 7 ratings — published
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The Family Tree German Genealogy Guide: How to Trace Your Germanic Ancestry in Europe The Family Tree German Genealogy Guide: How to Trace Your Germanic Ancestry in Europe (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.11 — 108 ratings — published 2014
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Tracing Your Ancestors from 1066 to 1837: A Guide for Family Historians Tracing Your Ancestors from 1066 to 1837: A Guide for Family Historians (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.92 — 128 ratings — published 2011
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The Return of the Dead: Ghosts, Ancestors, and the Transparent Veil of the Pagan Mind The Return of the Dead: Ghosts, Ancestors, and the Transparent Veil of the Pagan Mind (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 119 ratings — published 2009
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Ancestral Journeys: The Peopling of Europe from the First Venturers to the Vikings Ancestral Journeys: The Peopling of Europe from the First Venturers to the Vikings (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 732 ratings — published 2013
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Operation Stella Polaris: Signalspanare på flykt Operation Stella Polaris: Signalspanare på flykt (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 7 ratings — published 2008
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Homegoing Homegoing (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 404,171 ratings — published 2016
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The History of White People The History of White People (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 3,201 ratings — published 2010
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White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.77 — 25,142 ratings — published 2016
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The Ones We Choose The Ones We Choose (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 9,586 ratings — published 2018
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Heimskringla: or, The Lives of the Norse Kings (Dover Literature: Biographical) Heimskringla: or, The Lives of the Norse Kings (Dover Literature: Biographical)
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avg rating 4.19 — 1,412 ratings — published 1230
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The Stranger in My Genes: A Memoir The Stranger in My Genes: A Memoir (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1,239 ratings — published 2016
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White Like Her: My Family’s Story of Race and Racial Passing White Like Her: My Family’s Story of Race and Racial Passing (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.71 — 2,428 ratings — published 2017
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The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 24,030 ratings — published 2012
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Clans and Tartans of Scotland Clans and Tartans of Scotland (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 91 ratings — published 1938
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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War (ebook)
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avg rating 3.89 — 46,237 ratings — published 2006
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Kindred Kindred (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 272,216 ratings — published 1979
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American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.72 — 356 ratings — published 2012
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The Hour I First Believed The Hour I First Believed (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 65,788 ratings — published 2008
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A Long Time Gone A Long Time Gone (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 8,763 ratings — published 2014
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Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.56 — 13,894 ratings — published 2004
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The Family Tree Sourcebook: The Essential Guide to American County and Town Sources The Family Tree Sourcebook: The Essential Guide to American County and Town Sources (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.67 — 12 ratings — published 2010
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Tracing Your Family History Tracing Your Family History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 17 ratings — published 2006
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The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 7,642 ratings — published 2001
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 231,197 ratings — published 1995
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Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: A Cultural History, Vol. I) Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: A Cultural History, Vol. I)
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avg rating 4.37 — 3,572 ratings — published 1989
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Bad Bad Girl Bad Bad Girl (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 732 ratings — published
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Braided Roots Braided Roots (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 52 ratings — published
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Blood to Poison Blood to Poison (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.75 — 1,111 ratings — published 2022
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Christopher Hitchens
“I have had my mother's wing of my genetic ancestry analyzed by the National Geographic tracing service and there it all is: the arrow moving northward from the African savannah, skirting the Mediterranean by way of the Levant, and passing through Eastern and Central Europe before crossing to the British Isles. And all of this knowable by an analysis of the cells on the inside of my mouth.

I almost prefer the more rambling and indirect and journalistic investigation, which seems somehow less… deterministic.”
Christopher Hitchens, Hitch 22: A Memoir

Lorena Saavedra Smith
“Many of us are awakening to the potency of the ways and wisdom of our ancestors. Many of us are awakening to the beauty of our cultural traditions. At the same time, we cannot make the mistake of romanticizing ancestral work; reconciliation with our roots can only happen because something got broken! This means that ancestral work can be painful— whether the people in our lineages were victims or perpetrators.”
Lorena Saavedra Smith, Awaken Your Roots: Reclaim Your Ancestry and Sovereignty by Heeding the Jaguar’s Call

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