An exciting morning program here at RootsTech 2018 helped to wake me up – my energy is beginning to fade!! NATALIA LAFOURCADE!!!!
Yes, I know it’s not the best picture but Natalia Lafourcade (Mexican pop-rock singer/songwriter) sang the song from Coco that had us all in tears – and FamilySearch did research about her to share. She found out for the first time that she is descended from a French man who came to Chile, eventually Mexico and Natalie was born there. Natalie has many musicians in her ancestry too. Her talent/her voice is amazing!!! Wish I’d gotten a better picture of her but this picture is when she found out about her ancestry….so cool!
How so very cool that Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. came to speak at the conference! He has been such a pioneer in developing the relationship between genealogy and genetics! He shared about some of the miracles that have happened even as recently as yesterday at the Family History Library!
We got to see the trailer/teaser for the next ( coming this fall!) season of “Finding Your Roots” – looks incredible. LOVE the show and it teaches me about records that are available to all of us AND the DNA evidence that can help us fill in our tree too.
All in all, it’s been a really marvelous conference! I’ve enjoyed the networking, learning and the opportunities to connect with people who “get” what I love to do – genealogy!!!
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