by Mallory Roseman. “When my grandmother was a girl, she lived with her family in a haunted house. It was a small mill house in...

Wendy Hua I have two uncles on my mom’s side of the family.  Both are younger than her by several years.  When they were very young, they...

by Tyler Gilmore My brother is really smart, and when he was young he was especially inquisitive. Once, when he was about three, he was...

There has always been a story that circulates within my family about where my grandfather got all of his tattoos.  I once asked him as a...

When my uncle was eight, he and a friend were cutting a neighbor’s grass.  My uncle held the grass up with his hand, and his friend...

My Grandparents have had a beach house at Oak Island NC since my mom and her sisters were young children; once their school ended each...

This is the story of my ancestors who played an interesting role in revolutionary history and the local history as well. The genealogy of...

My father’s family is from rural Georgia, and his uncle, Lloyd Whippoorwill Harris, was known for being quite a character; among other...

Relaxers are a popular way to restructure your hair—to use chemicals to alter the protein chains in hair. In the African American...

Back in the early 50’s, my grandma was a young divorcee with an 8 year old daughter by her first marriage, and my granddaddy was a young...

Here’s a photo: Thanks! Jacob Lusk B.A. Biology #Folklore #stories #myths #folk #Family #UNCChapelHill #anecdotes #ncfolklore #legends...

To my knowledge, there is not a large cache of stories told in my extended family: my younger brother parents and I live in North...

My grandmother would always tell my sister and I some interesting stories about my Uncle David when he was growing up. These anecdotes...

My great-great grandfather Cappellari immigrated to the United States from Italy.  We don’t know too much about him, but a story does...

I have a family story for you that I actually just learned from my grandmother and great aunt. Traveling Shoes (Told by my grandmother,...

Until I was 9 years old, my family and I lived on a lake just outside of Tampa, FL, so we naturally spent a lot of time on the water....