{"id":1396,"date":"2020-04-25T15:12:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T15:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/?p=1396"},"modified":"2020-04-25T15:12:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T15:12:24","slug":"the-proof-genealogical-connections-are-closer-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/?p=1396","title":{"rendered":"The Proof Genealogical Connections Are Closer Than You Think"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rsmFGgjj5AQ\/XqRSwmTW-HI\/AAAAAAAAYys\/UtlRIeVvHfY9zbT2WpFqBF-qYrGAOoC9QCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Family.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rsmFGgjj5AQ\/XqRSwmTW-HI\/AAAAAAAAYys\/UtlRIeVvHfY9zbT2WpFqBF-qYrGAOoC9QCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Family.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The sun is out and the weather is cool so I intend to get some fresh air and complete yard work before the next deluge descends.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think shelter in place lessens your genealogical connections?&nbsp; Think again!&nbsp; This is an awesome article that reminds us we need to sometimes not only think out of the box to discover our heritage, we often don&#8217;t need to look far at all!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Washington Post&#8217;s article &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/2020\/04\/24\/amid-pandemic-family-learns-their-neighbors-are-their-long-lost-relatives\/\">Amid the pandemic, a family learns their neighbors are their long-lost relatives<\/a>&nbsp;will make you smile, remind you that your family stories are often close but not always 100% accurate and the coincidences that occur while sleuthing can just boggle the mind.&nbsp; My immediate family has gotten used to my striking up conversations with strangers and discovering our families often had a shared past but this story takes it to a new level.&nbsp; Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sun is out and the weather is cool so I intend to get some fresh air and complete yard work before the next deluge descends.&nbsp;&nbsp; Think shelter in place lessens your genealogical connections?&nbsp; Think again!&nbsp; This is an awesome article that reminds us we need to sometimes not only think out of the box &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/?p=1396\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Proof Genealogical Connections Are Closer Than You Think&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[836,835,834,542],"class_list":["post-1396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-relationships","tag-connections","tag-norway","tag-pandemic","tag-washington-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1396"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1397,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396\/revisions\/1397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}