Interest in genealogy is at an all-time high across the United States and around the world. Multiple companies and organizations - Ancestry, FamilySearch, MyHeritage, and many more - advertise both free and paid services to the general public on TV and the Internet, and there are multiple reality TV shows portraying both celebrities and ordinary folks learning more about their progenitors. The field has expanded broadly from being seen as a niche hobby just a couple decades a