{"id":5157,"date":"2026-10-29T22:37:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T02:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sccghs.org\/index.php\/calendar\/using-cousin-bating-to-connect-with-unknown-relatives\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T00:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T04:16:32","slug":"using-cousin-bating-to-connect-with-unknown-relatives","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/sccghs.org\/index.php\/calendar\/using-cousin-bating-to-connect-with-unknown-relatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Cousin Baiting to Connect with Unknown Relatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Have you ever discovered a distant cousin you never knew existed? Or wondered how to get those unknown relatives to find you?\u00a0 Cousin baiting is a genealogy technique that involves sharing family history information online to attract the attention of others researching the same ancestors. It might be a family tree, an old photograph, a family Bible record, or a story about an ancestor. You never know who might recognize a name or discover a shared connection!<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s share ideas! What methods have you used to connect with unknown relatives? Have you posted family information online, shared photographs, built a public family tree, or written a blog about your ancestors? Have any of these efforts led to a surprising discovery?<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s share our tips and success stories and see what connections we can make! You never know when a distant cousin might hold the missing piece of your family history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever discovered a distant cousin you never knew existed? Or wondered how to get those unknown relatives to find you?\u00a0 Cousin baiting is a genealogy technique that involves sharing family history information online to attract the attention of others researching the same ancestors. It might be a family tree, an old photograph, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2193,"featured_media":5156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[45],"class_list":["post-5157","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-program","entry","has-media"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sccghs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/5157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sccghs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sccghs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sccghs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2193"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sccghs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sccghs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sccghs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sccghs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5157"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sccghs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=5157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}