Family Trees, Sex, and Challenging Patriarchy

What I learned while researching maternal lines for my family tree.

My mom’s mom, Evelyn Roll, whose mother was Alma Reeder, whose mother was Hannah Mariah Price, whose mother was Jane Lewis of Bedwelty, Wales (screenshot by author)

I believe in equal rights for women. I don’t think that should be a controversial opinion. But even as society is moving away from patriarchy, most genealogy research is still stuck in a male ancestor-dominated focus. I’m actively trying to change that by focusing more on my maternal lines. By rescuing the names and…