What happens when you open a box in your parents’ basement… and discover generations of your family waiting inside? In this deeply personal episode of Herstory Revisited, Sophie shares the story of her French-American roots and an extraordinary discovery that began after the passing of her parents. While going through the basement of her parents’ home, Sophie found an unexpected treasure: an astonishing collection of family records, photographs, letters, documents and traces of ancestors stretching back through generations. Some belonged to relatives whose stories she had heard growing up. Others revealed people—and entire branches of the family—she had never known existed. What began as the difficult task of sorting through a lifetime of belongings soon became something entirely different: a journey into genealogy, family history, ancestry and memory. One discovery led to another. Names became people. Old photographs acquired stories. Documents opened doors into forgotten lives. And the sheer quantity—and richness—of what had been preserved became one of the inspirations behind the creation of Herstory Revisited.

In this episode, Sophie takes us down memory lane, sharing her Franco-American heritage and some of the remarkable discoveries that connected her more deeply with the generations who came before her. It is also a story about something many families eventually experience: realizing that tucked away in basements, attics, drawers and old boxes may be pieces of history that no one thought to explain. Who are the people staring back at us from those old photographs? What stories disappeared when the last person who remembered them was gone? And what might we discover about ourselves when we begin asking who came before us? Come along as Sophie begins opening the boxes—and the stories—of her past. Herstory Revisited — Unity Consciousness Through a Woman’s Eye.