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Finding Famagu'on Across the Freeways: Mainland Chamorros Are Rebuilding the Family Tree, One Cousin at a Time
Food & Heritage

Finding Famagu'on Across the Freeways: Mainland Chamorros Are Rebuilding the Family Tree, One Cousin at a Time

From DNA kits ordered on a whim to Facebook groups with names like 'Chamorro Cousins Everywhere,' second- and third-generation Chamorros scattered across the US are piecing extended families back together. What happens when the clan gets bigger than the island?
Don't Whistle After Dark: Taotaomo'na Stories That Still Follow Us to the Mainland
Food & Heritage

Don't Whistle After Dark: Taotaomo'na Stories That Still Follow Us to the Mainland

Every Chamorro family has that one story — the auntie who got sick on a jungle trail, the cousin who whistled where he shouldn't have. We gathered the taotaomo'na legends of the Marianas and asked why they still follow us, even 7,000 miles from home.
Seven Thousand Miles From the Lagoon, Still Tasting Like Home: A Mainland Guide to Real Kelaguen
Food & Heritage

Seven Thousand Miles From the Lagoon, Still Tasting Like Home: A Mainland Guide to Real Kelaguen

Craving kelaguen manok and red rice but standing in a Kroger in Ohio? Here's how diaspora cooks across the mainland are sourcing, substituting, and keeping Chamorro flavors alive far from the Marianas.