George Aghjayan

George Aghjayan is Director of the archives of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Chairman of the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). He is the host of “Hye Roots: Descendants of Ararat,” the first show devoted to Armenian genealogy. His primary area of focus is the demographics and geography of Western Armenia as well as a keen interest in the hidden Armenians living there today. He is the creator and curator westernarmenia.weebly.com, a website dedicated to the preservation of Armenian culture in Western Armenia.
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The Search for Family during the Chaos of Genocide

Special for the Armenian Weeky Have you ever wondered how Armenian families were able to reconnect during and after the…

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1.5 Million Minus 2: DNA Testing Brings Ancestors Back from the Dead

Special for the Armenian Weekly Every Armenian family has the same story: persecution, fear, robbery, rape, murder … genocide ……

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Aghjayan: A New Source for Armenian Roots

I wish to thank Vural Genç, Cihangir Gündoğdu, George Leylegian, Khatchig Mouradian, and the staff at the Ottoman archives (Başbakanlık…

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Aghjayan: The Paradox of Dersim

Special for the Armenian Weekly Recently, I spent a week traveling throughout the region of Dersim, now the modern Turkish…

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The Armenian Key to the Homeland

The Armenian Weekly Magazine April 2015: A Century of Resistance Approximately 65,000 people identified Armenian as their mother tongue in…

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Aghjayan: Descendants of the Remnants of the Sword

The following talk was given by scholar and activist George Aghjayan in Ankara on April 25. The commemoration was co-sponsored…

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The Last Survivor in the First Community

Worcester is universally recognized as being home to the first Armenian community in the United States. Armenians have been coming…

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Churches, Resolutions, and Justice: Contemplations in Western Armenia

Special for the Armenian Weekly It was day one on my eighth journey to Western Armenia. My wife, Joyce, and…

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Confessions of an Angry Armenian

Special for the Armenian Weekly There it was again… The destruction, the desecration, the humiliation at the treatment of our…

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Portrait of Bravery: The Life and Times of Dr. Floyd Smith

The Armenian Weekly April 2014 magazine Born on Dec. 1, 1885 in the small farming town of Rowley, Iowa, the…

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