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Paula Williams Madison, an American journalist and writer, shares her experience of researching her family history and the importance of documenting and discussing painful family histories. She discusses her own family background, including her Chinese grandfather who settled in Jamaica and had children with both an African Jamaican woman and a Chinese woman. She also highlights the significance of genealogical research in uncovering family stories and reclaiming family names and histories, particularly for those with African ancestry impacted by slavery. Paula Williams Madison is now a member of the Advisory Board for 10 Million Names, a project aimed at documenting and preserving family histories. [Extracted from the article]