We all have a curiosity about who we are, where we've come from, and who our ancestors

were.

Are there dark secrets in our family past, where our ancestors fill in their heroes in history?

Are the stories passed down by our parents and grandparents actually true?

Well, genealogy can answer lots of these questions, but in the past, researching

your family tree and your family history was extremely time consuming and expensive

it often involved traveling to archives and libraries, sometimes even traveling to

where your family lived.

But today, it's really easy, and in this podcast, I'm going to explain how you can trace

your family wherever you are right now.

So if you're on the bus to work, you can just take out your phone and do it.

If you're living thousands of miles away, it's all at your fingertips on the internet.

Now to help explain how you do this, I'll be using my own family as an example, revealing

a few secrets I discovered along the way.

Joining me on the show is my own cousin, Martin Castelol, Martin's an expert genealogist

who's traced my ancestors on the Castelol site of my family extensively.

Now Martin will be sharing his expertise and explaining to you the key steps in how you're

going to find out your family history.

As he does this, I'll be using these tips and tracing back the dewire side of my family,

which is something I've never really done in detail before.

I found out a few things along the way that are interesting, although not exactly glorious.

Now before we dive into this fascinating episode, I'm going to introduce myself, my name

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