10 Things You Didn’t Know about Rachel Maddow’s Roots Megan Smolenyak, Genealogy Expert, Author of “Hey, America, Your Roots Are Showing” & “Who Do You Think You Are?” Posted: 10/02/2012 12:19 pm The g-word — genealogy — has popped up recently on The Rachel Maddow Show, prompted by Scott Brown’s fixation on Elizabeth Warren’s heritage.   Read More …

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Via pimmyjalmer: Sunday Rachel Maddow, her parents, and Susan and sister Linda came out for an afternoon trip – hot sun, July, afternoon – they always make it tough for us – but, they had her Mom who always comes through – largest fish was about 36 inches and we threw a number of bass   Read More …