POLITICAL GENEALOGY

Kellyanne Conway’s Curiously Relevant Family History

After Conway asked a journalist to disclose his ethnicity at a press conference, I took it as an open invitation to research her own ancestral past

Megan Smolenyak

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9 min readJul 21, 2019

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Megan Smolenyak

Written by Megan Smolenyak

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Genealogical adventurer & storyteller who loves solving mysteries! You may not know me, but chances are you’ve seen my work. (www.MeganSmolenyak.com)

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