Honoring Father's Day: From Renegades to Life Advice and Unconditional Love.

Sonora Smart Dodd, who launched the celebration of Father's Day in 1910, was a renegade and a painter, poet, and businesswoman. Dodd's great-granddaughter, Betsy Roddy, inherited her spirit and is the last direct descendant of the holiday's creator. MyHeritage.com helped Roddy trace her family history and discover historical documents about Dodd. Although Roddy took Father's Day for granted as a child, she now proudly carries on her great-grandmother's legacy.