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The Shea siblings (Kathy Shea (52), Thomas Shea (54), and Frank Shea (48)) and Kathy’s husband Eric Munson (49) come together to talk about the two people they lost on 9/11/01, Danny Shea and Joe Shea.

Julia (94) was interviewed by her granddaughter, Denise (45). Julia swam from Coney Island to Staten Island when she was 15.

Thomas tells daughter about meeting her mother and about how he came to Chicago from Ireland.

Kanani Choy, 57 is interviewed by her good friend Holly Cost 53.

Three sisters interviewed by daughter/niece about growing up on a cattle ranch in south Texas as a Mexican-American family. Stories about their university educations, traditions, pranks, and life on the ranch.

Lev Raphael tells his friend Melissa Ingells about growing up as a child of Holocaust survivors and becoming a scholar and author on the subject

Wendy Thomas (47) and Thajilah Olaiya (30) are classroom teachers in Washington D.C. who got to know each other through karate class, and talk about their beginnings as educators and the future of classroom education.

Jeff DeGroot, age 24, and Jamie Larson, age 21, discuss growing up as children of lesbian parents who were conceived through donor insemination. While Jeff is okay not knowing his donor, Jamie would like to satisfy her curiosity regarding what...

Linda interviews her mother Dolores about how she met her husband and at age 16 traveled to Mexico to find him again.

Larry Oney interviews his mother, Margaret, about her life in rural Virginia, her children, and how she would like to be remembered.

Dana Schneider interviews her father Philip Schneider about his experiences in the military in WWII, and why he had her at such a late age.

Lisa McGahey Veglahn, 46, interviews her mom Ann R. Smith, 85, about growing up during the Depression as a first generation Yugoslavian-American, and about what her mom is most proud of in her life.

Amy Low (48) and her children Connor Low (16) and Lucy Low (14) reflect on their lives and relationships—they discuss Amy’s college days, the backstories of Connor and Lucy’s names, and changes in Connor and Lucy as they’ve grown older....

A man talks about his experience teaching English as a second language in Slovakia (through the Peace Corps) and now to immigrants in Queens. He also tells stories from his travels.

Gary interviews his grandmother Irene about her life.

Sophie Broche, 80, talks with her cousin Karen Quest, 54, about the family that they have in common and about their own lives.

Barbara D. Martinez (76) talks with her daughter Renee Martinez (49) about her life.