I love wading through rural cemeteries knee-deep in weeds, or holding original land deeds extra-carefully with white gloves, or the joy of meeting new cousins when DNA inextricably links us. Genealogy is our real-live link to a living, breathing history.
Exploring that family history usually begins hoping, fingers crossed, for a few elusive Saints…or at the very least some Kings, Queens, Statesmen or Revolutionaries. The very word pedigree implies someone extra-fancy might be lurking in there. But what about the sinners? The scoundrels? The ne’er-do-wells? For better or worse, they are ours too, and we wouldn’t be here without them. I want to dig deep and shake every branch of my twisted tree and explore whatever falls from the pages of a history that cannot be undone.
Contact me at scoundrelsandsaints@gmail.com
Sinners + Saints Genealogy 