I mapped my entire family tree onto 460 years of history…
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I mapped my entire family tree onto 460 years of history
For America's 250th, I animated my entire family tree (every branch, about 2,800 people) as a migration map laid over how America's borders actually changed from 1565 to 2026.
Each glowing dot is an ancestor's life event at the place it happened, and each line is a move. You can watch the family cross from Europe, cluster along the colonial seaboard, then fan out west as the territory opens up.
The borders underneath are real for each year: colonial claims, the Louisiana Purchase, statehood, all the way to the modern map. (posted correctly today after posting before Monday ET w/ personal data!)
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For America's 250th, I animated my entire family tree (every branch, about 2,800 people) as a migration map laid over how America's borders actually changed from 1565 to 2026.
Each glowing dot is an ancestor's life event at the place it happened, and each line is a move. You can watch the family cross from Europe, cluster along the colonial seaboard, then fan out west as the territory opens up.
The borders underneath are real for each year: colonial claims, the Louisiana Purchase, statehood, all the way to the modern map. (posted correctly today after posting before Monday ET w/ personal data!)
#education
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