After Rita Glosser’s mother passed away in 1986, Glosser didn’t know what to do with the mink stole her mother had cherished.

Thanksgiving is upon us, and Hanukkah soon after. Two more holidays that we will need to mark in ways different than last year.

In the town now called Nadvirna in Ukraine, Steve Turner says he could feel the presence of his father’s family who didn’t survive.

There is much debate over whether all genetic information is useful for individuals to know.

Almost two years ago, my 80-year-old bachelor brother called to read me a letter he received from a woman who believed he was her birth father.

“America is a country of immigrants. Most people don’t even know where their grandparents are from. And there’s a lot of family mythology that is not necessarily true.”

In a typical year, all across the country, neighbors would be preparing their homes for trick-or-treaters and children would be planning their costumes.

Today, I've become a fourth player, and playing mah jongg brings me closer to the memory of my mother and mother-in-law.