Month: June 2026

  • The Possibilities Clifford Never Had – and the Truth Still Waiting

    The Possibilities Clifford Never Had – and the Truth Still Waiting

    What does unknown parentage genealogy look like when the DNA points one direction and the records haven’t caught up yet? That’s exactly where the Mystery of Mr. Max stands in its fifth installment. Clifford Frank Max grew up believing his father died before he was born. The DNA evidence now…

  • A Ticket, a Harbor, and a New Life — The Place That Matters to Me

    A Ticket, a Harbor, and a New Life — The Place That Matters to Me

    A harbor on Sweden’s west coast became the place that matters most in my family history, even though I have never set foot there. In November 1926, my eighteen-year-old grandfather David Svensson Sten left a Blekinge farm and boarded the Gripsholm at Gothenburg, bound for New York and a sister…