An Air Force veteran wanted a new house for large family gatherings; he ended up getting an incredible link to his family’s past.
Fred Miller purchased Sharswood, “the scary house” and property less than a mile from where his mother lived in southern Virginia, as a place for family gatherings.
Little did he know there was a deeper, more profound family gathering taking place.
Buying the home launched Miller and his family on an unbelievable journey to unlock hidden chapters of family history and discover their own ancestors had once been enslaved on the very property, which was once a plantation.
Family members told Stahl that the family history revelation has been overwhelming.
“It really is. I mean, we all live in the same area, we come past this place, and we would not know that our ancestors were right there beside us the entire time,” Karen Dixon-Rexroth, Miller’s sister, told “60 Minutes.”
“It’s changed me,” Miller said. “It’s definitely changed me.”
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