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Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. grabbed the PBS spotlight with his 2012 genealogy show, Finding Your Roots. By Jon Irons [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Without reality TV shows or fancy websites, Molly found a way to learn about her family’s history.
Today, she might have a future working in the field.