Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Megan Smolenyak
Just going through the 11 citations given in the article, i can say without any hesitation that the subject is notable. No research is needed. She is one of the center of attention of all the articles cited from various sources like NY Times and Huff Post which rarely covers personalities who are not notable. Other than that she has accomplished a lot as suggested by the "Awards" section which i'll certainly cite within a week. Even if she does not pass  (although she does, see her books mentioned in the article), she does pass /. And that's enough considering that her best known work lies in her research of Genealogy which is "highly respected by peers". She is being described as the leading genealogist of the country and even the world by some (see the citations in the article i just added). Thus she passes  as well. This is the strongest keep i can ever vote
— User:Pesticide1110, 17:03, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NAUTHOR||WP:GNG||WP:SIGCOV||WP:NACADEMICS (Wikipedia:Notability)