I was born and raised in Brooklyn and have lived in Bernal Heights, San Francisco, since 1970. Discovering my own Irish and Jewish roots, building family trees, locating missing cousins, and convening family reunions has been a personal pleasure of mine for nearly 20 years. I enjoy salsa dancing, listening to diverse music, and writing stories about my explorations and the celebration of direct human connection and proximity.
Family September 30, 2013
“All your genealogical research is bringing me back to Brooklyn,” Ron tells me with customary irony. “I couldn’t wait to get out of Brooklyn. I went to Ohio, to New Mexico, to Paris and then to San Francisco.” Ronald Guy Davis, 80, founder and... Read more
Family November 7, 2012
In the spring of 2000, my 21 year old daughter Rosy and I set out for Cuba on a mission of discovery. We left from the San Francisco Airport shortly after midnight and arrived in Havana in the afternoon, full of enthusiasm, preparation and gifts: an obscure Nissan car part, a &ldquo... Read more
During my Brooklyn boyhood, the sidewalk or schoolyard question, “What are you?” had two possible answers: Catholic or Jewish. Dad was raised Roman Catholic and Mom was a Jewish immigrant raised on the Lower East Side. By virtue of my mixed parentage, I was... Read more