Carolina Girl Genealogy

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: Relative Race Season 16-Day 2. The Joy of Finding Family with Eric!

The panel, Melissa Barker, Jenny Hawran, Laura Hedgecock, Mary Kircher Roddy, and I welcome Eric, Relative Race Season 13 winner from Team Blue, to give us an update on his family and share his thoughts on the family connections on Day 2 of Season 16.

Watch as we hear some exciting news from Eric and talk about the challenges of the race on this day and the emotion of meeting new family.

How did you like the challenge?

Would it work for a family reunion game?

We'd love to hear from you!

Here's the TikTok video made by Team Red on Day 2!

https://www.tiktok.com/@sirdukethedon/video/7555363008814353678?_r=1&_t=ZP-90AM1E0dU1X

Links in this episode:

https://www.byutv.org/relative-race

Contact the panelists:

Melissa Barker -A Genealogist in the Archives

http://agenealogistinthearchives.blogspot.com/

Bernice Bennett-BerniceBennett.com

http://www.BerniceAlexanderBennett.com

Jenny Hawran-Like Herding Cats Genealogy

https://like-herding-cats.com/

Laura Hedgecock-Treasure Chest of Memories

https://treasurechestofmemories.com/

Mary Kircher Roddy-MKR Genealogy

https://www.mkrgenealogy.com/

https://appliedgen.institute/

Shelley Murphey-Family Tree Girl

https://familytreegirl.com/

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Sunday, September 28, 2025

Celebration Sunday-Genealogy Happy Dance: A Box Full of Goodies!

You know the dance. You know you've done it. The one every researcher does after finding something new. The one where you want to jump up and down and shout to everyone that you found the document, contacted a cousin with the family Bible, made a DNA connection, or found a new branch to your tree. The one that is met with glazed stares and eye rolls.

Celebration Sunday is a place to share your discoveries.

This weekly series enables everyone to tell about their Genealogy Happy Dance moment.

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down and add your story to the comments section, or you may also link to a blog post about what had you dancing this week.

My Happy Dance Moment for the week:

A box of genealogy goodies has me doing the happy dance!

My mom's paternal cousin, Mary, gifted me a box filled with old letters from World War II, newspaper clippings, photos, and other documents. She knows of my love for family history, and as she said, "You will keep all these things safe". While I have items belonging to my grandfather, Gilbert Roberts, who died in WWII, his two brothers, who also died during the war, do not have any living descendants, and she wants their memories kept alive.

There were some things included about my grandfather and his parents that I had not seen before. She says I have to come back to visit her; she has more to share.

Cousins are one of the best sources for discovering your family's stories!

What were you celebrating?

Share your Happy Dance Moment for the week, and let's celebrate together!

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