Between bites of turkey and pie today, enjoy an enriching dish of family history. Thanksgiving is an ideal time to mine your family’s lore and ask some long-postponed questions. Grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles are all together and the turkey’s L-tryptophan loosens the tongue.

Ask questions. That’s how Margaret Rennaker, 74, of Scottsdale, discovered her mother’s side of the family was known for having photographic memories. Inquisitiveness led Marsha Allen, 59, of Tempe, to learn that her great-grandmother was 42 when she gave birth to Allen’s grandfather. Read More