Jan 21st, 2010 · The conservationist and author talks about the global impact and the singular personal life of his great-great grandfather, Charles Darwin — a man whose earth-shaking views about nature, biology and faith were greatly influenced by the death of his 10-year-old daughter Annie.
Nov 24th, 2009 · Professional mimics in China used to imitate sounds as a form of entertainment. Not many practitioners are left, but one family is trying to preserve the art. Cheng Jiaqiang, who learned his skills from his grandfather, has a barnyard repertoire but specializes in bird songs.
Oct 25th, 2009 · Specialist Stephan Mace, 21, grew up in a small town in Virginia and was known as the ultimate prankster. Inspired by his grandfather, a former CIA agent, Mace joined the U.S. Army and was posted to Afghanistan earlier this year. He was killed in an attack this month.
Jul 2nd, 2009 · Col. Hector Henry is one of only three doctors over the age of 70 who have agreed to come out of retirement and serve active duty since Sept. 11, 2001, according to the U.S. Army Reserves Medical Command. The urologist, City Council member and grandfather of three says he promised his wife it would be his last tour.
Jun 22nd, 2009 · Father's Day has a whole new meaning for Alain Colliou. The 63-year-old widower is a father and a grandfather, and now he's a Roman Catholic priest. Colliou was ordained over the weekend in a ceremony attended by his son and two granddaughters. He celebrated his first Mass on Sunday — Father's Day.
Jun 21st, 2009 · Documentarian Benjamin Patton, the grandson of World War II Gen. George S. Patton, comes from the kind of family whose history is well known. But in exploring his family's past, he says he's discovered his grandfather's "warts-and-all side" and the ways that shaped his own father, Maj. Gen. George Patton.
May 22nd, 2009 · Caroline Miller's ancestors have fought in the Civil War, World War I, World War II and Vietnam. They have served since her great-great-great-great grandfather graduated when Andrew Jackson was president 173 years ago. Her father graduated here. Her sister too.
May 18th, 2009 · In The House At The End Of The Road, W. Ralph Eubanks tells the story of his white grandfather, Jim, and black grandmother, Edna. Jim and Edna Richardson raised a biracial family in spite of living in Jim Crow, rural Alabama.