Harvard has been researching their family for years. It hasn't told them.

Name: Joyce Barber is the keeper of her family history. She didn’t know that Harvard is part of that history, or that she’s identified in its confidential database.
Uploaded: 2026-08-25T10:58:23Z
Duration: 8 min 55 s
Description: Joyce Barber is the keeper of her family history. She didn’t know that Harvard is part of that history, or that she’s identified in its confidential database.

Joyce Barber is the keeper of her family history. She didn’t know that Harvard is part of that history, or that she’s identified in its confidential database. (Video by Olivia Yarvis/Globe Staff, Photo by Erin Clark/Globe Staff)

Harvard has been researching their family for years. It hasn't told them.

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