Megan - Articles & Audio

• January 1, 2012 - Chicago Tribune - "We're all (likely) related to stars" by Katherine Skiba
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• November 8, 2011 - The Wild Geese - "Connecting the Past and Present: Chatting With Genealogist and Author Megan Smolenyak, Part 2 of 2" by Alannah Ryane
• November 2, 2011 - The Wild Geese - "'Connecting Across Oceans and Time': Q&A With Celebrity Genealogist Megan Smolenyak" by Alannah Ryane
• October 30, 2011 - Main Street - "8 Easy Ways to Build Your Family Tree" by Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell
• October 27, 2011 - Irish Central - "TV show 'Who do you think you are?' prompts spike in genealogy research in Ireland" by Ronan O'Kelly
• October 3, 2011 - FamilyTree.com - "Who Do You Think You Are? The Essential Guide to Tracing Your Family History" by Alice L. Luckhardt
• September 2011 - Your Family History - PDF - "In the Frame Expert - Megan Smolenyak" as featured in Your Family History magazine.
• July 27, 2011 - The New York Times - "Mystery Tombstone Finds Its Place of Rest" by Sam Roberts
• June 10, 2011 - AARP Magazine - "Megan Smolenyak found Obama's Irish ancestry. Now she shares tips for shaking your family tree" by Cate Lineberry
• June 1, 2011 - Haddonfield Sun - "Digging Up Famous Roots" by Robert Linnehan
• May 26, 2011 - The Irish Times - "Michelle Obama: the Irish connection" by Daniel Geary
• May 23, 2011 - ABC News - "President O'Bama's Irish Eyes -- and Ears? -- Smile in Ancestral Hometown" by Stephanie Smith, Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller
• May 23, 2011 - The Irish Times - "Locals savour every minute of American dream" by Barry Roche
• May 23, 2011 - Irish Independent - "Villagers prepare welcome fit for a king"
• May 23, 2011 - Le Monde - "A Moneygall, Obama renoue avec ses origines irlandaises" by Corine Lesnes
• May 22, 2011 - USA Today - "Obama's ancestral village rolls out the green carpet" by Richard Wolf
• May 22, 2011 - CNN.com - "Obama's Irish roots" by Shawna Shepherd and Brianna Keilar
• May 12, 2011 - 9NEWS.com (Denver) - "Who do you think you are? Tracing your family's roots" by TaRhonda Thomas
• May 9, 2011 - The Wall Street Journal - "Face to Face With Your Past" by Anne Tergesen
• May 9, 2011 - The Midland Record - "Obama, Moneygall & The Golden Tickets"
• May 7, 2011 - Irish Independent - "Yes, we Cannes -- film on president's Irish roots to be shown at festival" - by Ken Sweeney
• April 27, 2011 - Irish Echo - "Details of Obama visit still unclear" by Susan Falvella Garraty
• April 27, 2011 - Galway Independent - "California Galway Girl" by Lorraine Murphy
• April 14, 2011 - Chicago Tribune - "Tombstone touring: Cemeteries offer fascinating look into the past" by Leslie Mann
• March 31, 2011 - The Tuam Herald - PDF - "Obama researcher traces war hero to Sylane" by Tom Gilmore
• March 25, 2011 - Marian's Roots and Rambles - "Behind the Scenes at 'Who Do You Think You Are?'" by Marian Pierre-Louis
• March 24, 2011 - Offaly Libraries - "President Barack Obama: The Moneygall Connection"
• March 5, 2011 - The Jersey Journal - "With Hudson County as a backdrop, TV chefs, stars learn life lessons from their genealogy" by Daniel Klein
• March 3, 2011 - Medil Reports - Chicago - "Branching out on the family tree" by Leslie Trew Magraw
• March 3, 2011 - Marian's Roots and Rambles - "Top Chef Genealogist: Megan Smolenyak" by Marian Pierre-Louis
• March 2, 2011 - Medil Reports - Chicago - "Who does she think she is?" by Leslie Trew Magraw
• February 28, 2011 - York News-Times - "Famous genealogist to present program in Stromsburg" by Kate Burke
• February 1, 2011 - Deseret News - "N.O. archdiocese making historic records available" by Mary Foster
• January 28, 2011 - Chicago Examiner - "Who Do You Think You Are?" Season 2 Premiere and Companion Book" by Raymond Johnson
• January 23, 2011 - Scranton Times-Tribune - "The unclaimed keep their secrets in search for next of kin" by Jeremy G. Burton
• January 3, 2011 - Tonic - "Unclaimed Persons: Genealogists Help Coroners Locate Next-of-Kin" by Josie Raymond
• December 26, 2010 - The New York Times - "Scholars Say Chronicler of Black Life Passed for White" by Felicia R. Lee
• November 1, 2010 - American Way - "Relatively Speaking" by Elizabeth Pope
• October 18, 2010 - The Providence Journal - "Providence library hosts genealogy symposium on Saturday" by Lisa Vernon-Sparks
• September, 2010 - TeacherVision - "Get Hooked on Your Family History"
• August 24, 2010 - Irish Central - "New details on oldest living Irishwoman uncovered" by Cathy Hayes
• August 2010 - Allure - "Insiders' Guide, How to Research Your Family Tree - An Interview With Megan Smolenyak" by Emily Hsieh
• August 10, 2010 - Irish Examiner - "Annie Moore genealogist at emigrant's Shandon birthplace for first time"
• August 10, 2010 - (Cork) Evening Echo - "Famous Genealogist Visits Cork"
• July 13, 2010 - USAToday - "Soldier buried nearly 92 years later" by Patricia Laya
• July 11, 2010 - CNN - "90 years after his death, remains of World War I soldier found" by Derrick Ho
• July 8, 2010 - NBC New York - "New York Soldier Missing Since World War I, Finally at Rest" by Hassani Gittens
• July 7, 2010 - The New York Times - "The Curious Mystery of the Sidewalk Tombstone" by Sam Roberts
• May 19, 2010 - AARP - Genealogy News - "Genealogy Takes Center Stage on TV" by Elizabeth Pope
• May 18, 2010 - Martinsville Bulletin - "First lady's family tree has deep roots in Henry County" by Eliza Winston and Martinsville Bulletin - "Register at Bassett center key to Obama research" by Eliza Winston
• May 18, 2010 - FamilyEducation.com - "Get Hooked on Your Family History" by Erin Dower
• May 14, 2010 - Herald-Journal (Spartanburg) - "Historian who traced first lady's roots to speak in Spartanburg" by Linda Conley
• May 13, 2010 - The National Genealogical Society - "Noted Family History Expert Megan Smolenyak Receives Honors from the National Geograpic Society(PDF File)
• May 12, 2010 - The Oklahoman - "TV series companion guide a great resource for genealogy" by Benet Exton
• May 9, 2010 - New York Magazine - "How Ellis Island's First Immigrant, Annie Moore, Became an American Mystery" by Jesse Green
• April 26, 2010 - UGO Film and TV - "Susan Sarandon Searches For Grandma on TV Roots Show " by WENN
• March 14, 2010 - Spot.Us - "Unclaimed Kin in Los Angeles Piling Up" by Liana Aghajanian
• February 1, 2010 - Sioux City Journal - "Child's tombstone traced to Danbury" by Tim Gallagher
• January 24, 2010 - San Luis Obispo Tribune - "Genealogy expert Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak to speak at seminar sponsored by sponsored by the San Luis Obispo County Genealogical Society" by Sarah Linn
• December 30, 2009 - AFP - "Photographs unearthed of first Ellis Island immigrant"
• December 28, 2009 - The New York Times - "Relatives Say Photos Depict Ellis Island's First Immigrant" by Sam Roberts
• November 17, 2009 - New York Daily News - "Perfume's heaven scent: New 'Antiquity' fragrances based on DNA of dead celebs" by Nancy Dillon
• October 11, 2009 - Voice Online - "Michelle Obama's roots traced back to six-year-old slave girl"
• October 9, 2009 - The Guardian - "Michelle Obama may have white slave-owner ancestor" by Ed Pilkington
• October 9, 2009 - Irish Times - "White slave-owner roots of Michelle Obama unearthed" by Lara Marlowe
• October 9, 2009 - Daily Mail Online - "White 'slave-owner' roots of Michelle Obama revealed" by Paul Thompson and Wil Longbottom
• October 8, 2009 - New York Daily News - "First Lady Michelle Obama's family tree traces road from slavery to White House: report" by Lauren Johnston
• October 8, 2009 - BBC News - "US first lady 'slave roots' found"
• October 7, 2009 - New York Times - "In First Lady's Roots, a Complex Path From Slavery" by Rachel L. Swarns and Jodi Kantor
• October 7, 2009 - Chicago Breaking News - "Genealogist traces Michelle Obama's roots" by Katherine Skiba
• September 3, 2009 - The Spokesman Review - "High Noon: Genealogy Buffs To Meet"
• May 16, 2009 - Tuscaloosa News - "DNA research finally confirms 'Roots' author's ties to Alabama" by Michael E. Palmer
• April 7, 2009 - USA Today - "DNA testing: 'Roots' author Haley rooted in Scotland, too" by Rita Rubin
• March 24, 2009 - The Post and Courier - "Charleston connection to bronze cast: Statue of Freedom by Wevonneda Minis" (watch ABC News video about Philip Reed)
• February 3, 2009 - San Diego Union-Tribune - "Answers found in county push to identify the nameless dead" by David Hasemyer (featuring a case researched by Unclaimed Persons)
• January 20, 2009 - New York Times - "A Portrait of Change: Nation's Many Faces in Extended First Family" by Jodi Kantor
• January/February 2009 - Ancestry - "Unclaimed Persons"
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• December 2008/January 2009 - Irish America - "A New Dawn in American Politics"
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• December 2008/January 2009 - Irish America - "A Celtic Cross for Annie Moore"
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• November/December 2008 - Ancestry Magazine - "The Quest for Obama's Irish Roots"
• October 15, 2008 - The Irish Echo - "Annie's Place" by Ray O'Hanlon
• October 13, 2008 - Irish Times - "Ellis Island's first immigrant honoured" by Lucy Kennedy
• October 8, 2008 - The Irish Echo - "Annie's Day" by Ray O'Hanlon
• October 8, 2008 - Newsweek - "The Man Who Would Be King" by Kurt Soller
• October 8, 2008 - Reuters UK - "Palin may be related to Princess Diana and Roosevelt" by Ellen Wulfhorst
• October 7, 2008 - USA Today - "Texan is Washington's kin, and could've been king" by Michelle Roberts
• October 5, 2008 - Cleveland Plain Dealer - "Presidential candidate Obama has Irish kin in southern Ohio" by Margaret Bernstein (includes PDF download of Obama's Family Tree)
• October 1, 2008 - Newsweek - "O'Bama? Why Irish Eyes are Smiling" by Carl Sullivan
• September 2008 - Irish Times - "Four Green Fields" (about 2008 U.S. elections)
• September 2008 - Ancestry Magazine - "The Man (or Woman) Who Would Be King"
• August 29, 2008 - AFP - Google News - "Obama, Biden descended from Irish cobblers: researcher"
• August 13, 2008 - Irish Echo Online - "Annie will finally get her marker"
• June 2008 - North and South Magazine - "Barking up the Family Tree" by Stacey Anyan
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• July 2, 2008 - The Times-Picayune - "Expert has riveting take on genealogy"
• March 14, 2008 - US Weekly - "It's All Relative - Famous Family Trees"
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• February 27, 2008 - ABC News - "Genealogy: Digging Into Your Roots" by Eleanor Hong
• February 4, 2008 - The Press-Enterprise - "Genealogist to speak in Hemet" by Erica Shen
• October 30, 2007 - New York Daily News - "Barack Obama camp elects not to use Brad Pitt"
• October 28, 2007 - New York Post - "Cousins by Dozens"
• September 29, 2007 - Des Moines Register - "Event brings hunter of family history" - Pay to View Archive article
• May 13, 2007 - The Washington Post - "Tiny Irish Village Is Latest Place to Claim Obama as Its Own" by Mary Jordan
• May 3, 2007 - Irish Times - "Moneygall is Offaly pleased with Obama connection" by Mark Rodden
• March 21, 2007 - BBC News - "Black roots seekers face hurdles" by Richard Allen Greene
• March 13, 2007 - New York Daily News - "Even a wee bit o' Irish in Barack" by Helen Kennedy
• March 13, 2007 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - "Sharpton case drives more to find roots on Web site" by Monica Haynes
• February 2007 - Assorted articles regarding Sharpton-Thurmond
• February 26, 2007 - BBC News - "Sharpton slave link to US senator"
• February 26, 2007 - New York Times - "Sharpton Learns His Forebears Were Thurmonds' Slaves" by Fernanda Santos (registration may be required to read the article)
• February 26, 2007 - New York Daily News - "Slavery links Al Sharpton, Strom Thurmond" by Austin Fenner
• February 25, 2007 - Washington Post - "Sharpton's Ancestor Was Owned by Thurmond's" by Robin Shulman
• December 6, 2007 - Tuoi Tre Online - "Viet lich su nuoc My qua ADN" by THÛY TÛNG - translation and remarks
• October 20, 2006 - Monterey County Herald - "Finding and losing his brother on the same day Carmel man learned of sibling after Army identified remains" by Kevin Howe (one of Megan's Army cases)
• October 10, 2006 - The Wall Street Journal - "Searching for Life's Connection With the Past" by Riva Richmond (purchase of article required)
• October 6, 2006 - Time for Kids - "Rewriting History: A case of mistaken identity is solved" by Andrea Delbanco
• September 20, 2006 - The Irish Echo - "Putting things right: Annie Moore lived, and died, in New York's hardscrabble streets" by Ray O'Hanlon
• September 14, 2006 - The New York Times - "Story of the First Through Ellis Island Is Rewritten" by Sam Roberts
• February 6, 2006 - Newsweek - "DNA Testing: In Our Blood" by Claudia Kalb
• October 22, 2005 - The Genealogue - "The Mother of Genetealogy" by Christopher Dunham
• August 22, 2005 - Cool Tools - "Trace Your Roots with DNA + The Genographic Project: Practical genetic literacy" by Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Wired
• July 25, 2005 - The New York Times - "Blacks Pin Hope on DNA to Fill Slavery's Gaps in Family Trees" by Amy Harmon (registration is needed to read the article)
• June 26, 2005 - New York Daily News - "Jumping into the African Gene Pool. New DNA tests trace roots" by Nick McDonell
• March/April 2005 - AARP The Magazine - "The DNA Connection" by Nanette Varian
• February 08, 2005 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - "DNA helping to untangle roots of family trees" by Bob Batz Jr.
• Autumn 2004 - Colonial Williamsburg Journal - "Of Surnames, Escutcheons and DNA"
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• May 27, 2004 - Washington Post - "Fallen but Never Forgotten: Remains Buried 60 Years After Flier's Disappearance" by Matt Schudel, Washington Post Staff (one of Megan's Army cases)
• May/June, 2004 - American Spirit - "The Quest for Closure"
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• April 24, 2003 - Richmond Times-Dispatch - "Who's your daddy? Genealogists look inside their cells for clues to their ancestors" by A.J. Hostetler
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• June 20, 2011 - Blog Talk Radio - "Obama Genealogies, Megan Smolenyak - Your Ancestors Stories" by Jane E. Wilcox
• April 11, 2011 -   Irish Radio™ Network USA - "Famed US Genealogist Megan Smolenyak" - President Obama is expected to arrive in Ireland on May 23 to visit Moneygall, where his 3rd great-grandfather, Falmouth Kearney, hailed from. His family roots were discovered by Megan who also traced the real Annie Moore! - with Adrian Flannelly
• February 4, 2011 -   BlogTalkRadio - "Your Ancestors Want Their Stories To Be Told" - by Jane E. Wilcox
• December 17, 2010 - Irish Fireside - "Discovering Your Irish Roots...Annie Moore, Barrack Obama and You" by Corey Taratuta
• May 13, 2010 - Voice of America - "TV, Internet Inspire Americans to Search for Ancestors" by Susan Logue Koster
• March 10, 2010 - - MPR News - "The genealogy craze". Guests: Megan Smolenyak - genealogist. Her new book is "Who Do You Think You Are?: The Essential Guide to Tracing Your Family History." The Internet and DNA testing are enabling amateur and professional genealogists to trace family lines back hundreds of years. These tools, combined with a growing interest in our roots, are leading many people to investigate their family history.
• February 10, 2010 - NPR's Marketplace - "How Big Is Genealogy?"
• September 2, 2008 - listen to Dear Myrtle's Family History Hour Podcast
• October 18, 2007 - NPR, Day to Day - "Maybe Politicians are Cut from the Same Cloth"
• June 22, 2007 - NPR, Talk of the Nation - "Putting the 'Genes' Back into Genealogy"
• June 14, 2007 - listen to The Genealogy Guys Podcast - Drew Smith talks to Megan about Roots Television
• April 6, 2007 - listen to Family Roots Radio, Voice America - Kory Meyerink talks with Megan about techniques for finding the living
• February 2, 2007 - listen to Irish Roots Café Podcast - Mike O'Laughlin chats with Megan about Annie Moore, DNA and other genealogical topics
• September 15, 2006 - listen to NPR's Morning Edition - "Life of First Ellis Island Immigrant Revealed"
• October 2, 2005 - listen to The Genealogy Guys Podcast - Drew interviews Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, co-author of "Trace Your Roots with DNA"
• July 26, 2005 - listen to NPR's Talk of the Nation feature - "Genealogy, Forensics and the Digital Age"
• February 2005 - listen to Written Voices Radio - Allan Hunkin interviews Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, co-author of "Trace Your Roots with DNA"
• August 22, 2003 - listen to NPR's Marketplace feature - "The Lucrative Business of Genealogy"