Genealogy (FAMILY TREES) Encore with Stephen Hands

家谱(家族树)再次携手史蒂芬·汉德

Ologies with Alie Ward

2026-02-04

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Histories, mysteries, memories and families: it’s time to clamber up our ancestral trees. Author and genealogist Stephen Hanks -- who teaches genealogy classes in Portland, Oregon and has contributed to PBS genealogy documentaries -- sits down to chat in this encore episode about what ignited a passion for learning about his own history. Also: how to find your family through census records, county archives, death certificates and more, plus which DNA tests he’s taken, our most recent common ancestor, and how America can try to heal from its past. Also: capes, detectives and hairy fanny packs. Stephen Hanks books: “1619 -- Twenty Africans,” and “Akee Tree” Publisher: Inkwater Press A donation went to: BlackPast.org More episodes to celebrate Black History Month  400+ Ologies episodes sorted by topic Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes Sponsors of Ologies Transcripts and bleeped episodes Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes! Follow Ologies on Instagram and Bluesky Follow Alie Ward on Instagram and TikTok Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jake Chaffee Managing Director: Susan Hale Scheduling Producer: Noel Dilworth Transcripts by Aveline Malek  Website by Kelly R. Dwyer Theme song by Nick Thorburn Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • Oh, hey, 2026 Allie here with a well-deserved encore of an episode that I love.

  • Perfect timing also for Black History Month.

  • And if you go to alleywar.com slash ology slash Black History Month,

  • you'll find a wonderful catalog full of greatologists and all of the causes that they chose for us to support and their name.

  • So we'll link that in the show notes, but onto this chat that I love.

  • Okay.

  • Oh, hey, it's your fourth cousin.

  • Twice removed, Ali Ward, back with a familial historical episode of oligies.

  • So you are here

  • because people make babies with each other and out of all of the gametes in all of the gonads,

  • you became a collection of molecules and you're suspended in a web of family.

  • Even a cockroach technically has grandparents and cousins.

  • Isn't that weird?

  • Your cat might have an uncle.

  • And if you have children, gaze at them.

  • They may have children who have children,

  • and then those children might not even know your damn name.

  • They'll just know you're dead.

  • But before we get into it...

  • First, a quick thank you to the select slice of listeners who are also patrons.