Brian Ler on WNYC, and for our last 15 minutes today, we'll end the show with a Juneteenth call-in

for descendants of enslaved Americans on the question, what have you learned about your ancestry through modern

genealogy tests or family stories and how has it affected your sense of yourself in today's world?

212-433 WNYC. Again, what have you learned about your ancestry through modern genealogy tests or family

stories and how has it affected your sense of yourself in today's world? If you're a descendant

of enslaved Americans, 212, 433, WNYC, tell us some of your story, tell us some of your family

story and how it informs who you are.

212-433-W-N-YC, call or text, 212-433-9692. The context, of course, as we celebrate the holiday today,

we also commemorate the struggle for emancipation.

It was on this day in 1865. If you need a quick refresher on the holiday,

that Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas.

At the end of the American Civil War, that's the essential piece of history that Juneteenth

recognizes. But the popularity of the holiday over these past few years, since it became an

official national holiday, and of course informally for many people for a long time, may have

encouraged some of you who are descendants of enslaved people to research your family's history.

So we're inviting you to call in and share something about what you've discovered and how it informs

who you are today. 212-433, WNYC, 212, 433-9692.2.433-96-6-9-2.

You can also text the short version if you prefer.

One of the reasons we asked this year is that Axios recently reported as one way into this.

Never before in U.S. history have descendants been able to easily access so many historic family documents online,

thanks to improvements in technology, AI, DNA tests, and genealogy websites.

So you know that's going on.

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