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Common Ground: How Genealogy Can Reunite a Divided America

At a moment when we seem to agree on very little, genealogy reminds us that we share more than we know.
Common Ground: How Genealogy Can Reunite a Divided America
A family of pioneer settlers pose next to their covered wagon, 1886. Photo by FPG/Getty Images
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America is the most connected nation in history, and one of the loneliest. We have sorted ourselves into camps, curated our feeds, and turned our neighbors into abstractions. In all that noise, we have nearly stopped asking the one question that might quiet it: not who we are, but who we came from. Not as a nation, but as families, people, and bloodlines that cross every border we have drawn between ourselves.

Siri Terjesen
Siri Terjesen
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Dr. Siri A. Terjesen is associate dean, research & external relations, founding executive director of the Madden Center for Value Creation.
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