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Project Seeks American Descendants Of Potato Famine Orphans

August 13, 2020 by Ryan B

A new project seeks to find Australian, and now American, descendants of a group of orphaned girls shipped overseas during the Great Potato Famine. Is your ancestor’s name on the list?

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