Margaret’s mother was a cousin to my great great grandmother, Maria da Conceicao (de Mello) de Braga. Her parents also came to Hawaii as contract laborers to work on the sugar plantations. (Note: This photo is the only one I have of Margaret. It comes from her application for a delayed birth certificate.) Name: Margaret…
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I’m Related to a Nobel Laureate
I have a confession to make. For the longest time I have been jealous of Randy Seaver because he seems to always find connections to Presidents. He wrote about his connections to Barack Obama with this article “Yep, Barack Obama is My Cousin.” My immigrant ancestors didn’t seem to marry into any famous lines, certainly…