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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 1,094 – Tracing One’s Genealogy.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 1,094. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

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This episode is a dialogue about your genealogy – who your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and so forth are. Let’s get started.

Aaron: Do you think you can help me trace my genealogy?

Corrie: Sure, I can try. We can get started by talking to your parents and grandparents. Oral interviews will give us some names of your relatives.

Aaron: I’ve already talked to them and I grew up hearing stories about my lineage on both sides of my family.

Corrie: That’s great. If you know of some of the people you’re descended