Angie Hansen
Buried Threads
Episode 2: Estrella **special release**
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Episode 2: Estrella **special release**

What kind of woman disappears...twice?

We couldn’t wait another minute to share the more of the story!

In Episode 2, the mystery deepens.

A young immigrant named Estrella vanishes leaving behind a husband and baby. Not long after, a woman called Stella Smith appears in a nearby town.

New name. New marriage. No past anyone can trace.

With the help of a DNA match, we start asking harder questions.

How did a teenage woman in the 1920s travel alone without scrutiny? How do you build a new identity in an era of paper records? Who helps you disappear - and who helps you begin again? And what does it cost to leave one family…then another?

The documents don’t line up neatly. Family stories conflict. DNA adds another layer entirely. This episode pulls you in deeper into the paper trail - and into the emotional weight of realizing your famly history may have been stitched together with assumptions.

If you’ve ever uncovered something unexpected in your ancestry…if your family tree holds a silence no one explains…maybe you can relate to our story.

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