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Arlington Hts. man’s genealogy project now involves 800

Arlington Heights’ father and son’s quest leads to family tree with over 800 members

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The tree has names but no dates.

George Leclaire | Staff Photographer

Gerald, right, and David Becker, look over several versions of the family tree including the original one they framed.

George Leclaire | Staff Photographer

This is a portion of Gerald Becker's family tree, with notes scribbled on.

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David Becker holds the long scroll version of his family tree at Fast Signs in Arlington Heights.

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An Arlington Heights man who started on a modest family genealogical project now has a family tree with more than 800 relatives, professionally designed and computer generated. The best part is how he did it -- talking to relatives, introducing them to each other, and letting all 800 learn about each other.