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1. It’s America’s second most popular hobby.
2. Genealogy websites are the second most visited category of sites on the interwebs.
3. It’s a billion dollar industry and growing.
4. Famous people do it.
5. You have cousins everywhere just waiting to be discovered.
6. Uncovering family history can be scandalous.
7. Genealogy makes you a better person.
8. Genealogy is going high tech.
9. It's so high tech it can now bring back the dead, sort of
10. It's the hobby without end.
