Redneck Genealogy, Lovecraft Country, and the White Illusion Spell

This is an excerpt from the Redneck Lesbian podcast.

It’s a common meme to assume that redneck family trees don’t have as many branches as they should, and I’m here to say that that analysis is spot on, based on my own research.

I started my genealogy project after having kids and realizing that if I didn’t write shit down, I would lose it. The family tree contains the kind of knowledge that my mother would rattle off at will. “Do you remember so-and-so?” Invariably, I’d say, “No,” and she’d…