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We Are All Connected

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Image by  Vilkasss  from  Pixabay WE ARE ALL CONNECTED I joined The South King County Genealogical Society years ago to learn about genealogy. The Society held a monthly meeting featuring educational speakers at a nearby church. It did not occur to me that I would meet people with similar interests who would become friends. I certainly didn’t realize that I would connect with relatives. It is a long-standing joke in the South King County Genealogical Society that MaryLynn Strickland is related to everyone. I am sure that I am related to her through the Dyer family in Colonial America. Recently, I hosted a social get-together for SKCGS volunteers. The group included members who had recently joined, as well as long-time members. I mentioned to one of the newer members that I had learned through a study group in which we had participated that our ancestors had married during the Revolutionary War era. At that moment, a very new member offered that she too was related to tha...