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Nicholas Lemann on His Genealogy Obsession
Suzy Weiss
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Descended from Jewish plantation owners in Louisiana, the author began a new journey in his sixties—uncovering his family history.

Read Lemann’s essay, “Why I Dug Into My Family’s Past,” and Joe Nocera’s introduction to Ancient Wisdom, a new series from The Free Press.

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Suzy Weiss
Suzy Weiss is a co-founder and reporter for The Free Press. Before that, she worked as a features reporter at the New York Post. There, she covered the internet, culture, dating, dieting, technology, and Gen Z. Her work has also appeared in Tablet, the New York Daily News, The Wall Street Journal, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency, among others.
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