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Family Tree, Food & Stories is all about bringing people together over food, memories, and stories. While we love hearing and sharing your food and family stories, please note that the opinions expressed by our guests, sponsors, and listeners are not necessarily those of your hosts, Nancy May and Sylvia Lovely. This podcast label and its episodes are for entertainment purposes only and are not designed to provide legal, medical, financial, or other professional advice. We do our best to keep things accurate, but the show hosts and owners are not responsible for any errors or misstatements made on the show or submitted to us. Sharing your stories gives this show and its owners and hosts full rights and ownership for any purpose, including marketing, promotion, and future content creation in this podcast and elsewhere. Thanks for pulling a chair up to our table and being a part of our family— now, let’s cook up some great stories together!

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