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In this interview, recorded on November 27th, 2015 in Iowa City, Iowa, Kaia Neal (13) interviews her grandpa Sheldon Kurtz (72) about his life growing up and about his hopes for the future. He shares his stories about his family,...

Donald Mahoney’s parents were Irish immigrants, and at the age of 12, his mother passed away. Mahoney’s older sister, Ellen had to become his mother and inspired him to never give up on his dreams. He worked extremely hard in...

Mother and daughter learn more about each other.

Harry Xu is interviewed by his daughter, Jennifer Xu. He shares his childhood, family, and memories that develops him into the person he is today.

Friends Maddalena Fontein (73) and Debbie Mustone (71) discuss Maddalena's childhood, adulthood, and her hopes for the future.

My grandpa and I talked about his memories of his life.

I asked my mother questions about her young teenage life and allow her to rejog her memories of her young life and her dad, who sadly passed away when she was young

My father tells me about his life story from living in Mexico to the U.S.

Addison K. Groff, a retired minister who was born in 1919 in Rochester, NY, but spent most of his adolescence in Boonsboro, Maryland, is interviewed by his grandson, Edwin Groff on November 25, 2017. He lived through some of the...

We talked about growing up. Favorite, and non-favorite things about family and school.

Thu shared her story and Journey from Vietnam to the united States with her village. Thu discussed how their strong faith and love of their family kept them strong.

We talked about important people in her life.

We talked about her growing up in the Bronx and how she got into the brand new field of programming just because she wanted to do something different.

My father tells me about how working hard and being flexible to different cultures and lifestyles is valuable in life, how he wants me to find happiness and be happy, and recounts his experiences. Immigrating from Venezuela to Syria to...

We talk about being optimistic in this difficult moment of our life, about hard work, family and about our country Venezuela.

Nicholas Jakoulov is an immigrant from Russia who came to America for adventure and ended up staying.

My Interview is about the family and the life of my littler sister.

Miguel talks about growing up in Argentina, coming to America, and what is important in life.

Amber Norkett (46) interviews her father, Edward Norkett (75), about his childhood, music, parenting, and jobs.

New acquaintances and "name brothers" Daniel "Dan" Horowitz (85) and Daniel Horowitz Garcia (53) have a conversation about their shared name and their career path as historians.

An interview with my cousin Lily Blevins reminiscing about our shared childhood and eccentric family memories and members.

Italian Grandfather

I interviewed my mom, her name is Salwa and she is 42 years old. We talked about how her life was growing up, the jobs she had, and how religion played a role in her life.

I spoke to my Grandmother about memorable points in her life. I learned about my own family history from this interview.

Francesca (15) interviews her Aunt Susie (52) on December 5, 2022 about their childhoods and how their lives have changed as the years go by. They discuss the difference in how they both grew up and their wishes for the...