Megan Smolenyak

MEGAN SMOLENYAK is a genealogist and the author of six books, including Hey, America, Your Roots Are Showing, Trace Your Roots with DNA, and In Search of Our Ancestors.

Smolenyak has received the National Genealogical Society’s Award of Merit. She holds a BSFS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, an MBA in International Business from George Washington University, and an MAS in Information Technology from Johns Hopkins University.

When she’s not writing, Smolenyak conducts forensic genealogy research for clients including the U.S. Army, the FBI, NCIS, and coroners, and has served as Chief Family Historian and spokesperson for Ancestry.com. Her work has brought her to Good Morning America, the Today Show, CNN, NPR, and the BBC, and she has consulted on Who Do You Think You Are? and Finding Your Roots.

Megan Smolenyak’s books are published by Ancestry.com, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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