Episode 195 - Most Common DNA Questions, Part 2

Published: June 12, 2017, 2:10 a.m.

b'Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, the Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. The guys begin with a story about a family that chose a very funny Hallmark birthday card for their father. But a close examination of the photo on the card caused their jaws to drop! Find out why.\\xa0 Then, David tells us about an organization called \\u201cReclaim the Records.\\u201d It\\u2019s a non-profit that\\u2019s out there using Freedom of Information requests to make public important records that haven\\u2019t yet made their way onto the internet. They\\u2019re working over states throughout the country and have just announced another major database has been \\u201cwon.\\u201d Hear all about it. David then shares his excitement in locating descendants of people found in photographs left anonymously to David in a bag a year or so ago. Find out why this was such a meaningful experience for the recipient.\\xa0 Our Blogger Spotlight this week is shining on ThePastFinder.wordpress.com. Give it a click and see whose it is!\\xa0 Then, Fisher begins his two part visit with Paul Woodbury, the DNA specialist from LegacyTree.com.\\xa0 This is a second edition of \\u201cMost Common DNA Questions.\\u201d Everybody\\u2019s doing it\\u2026 learn a little more about it. Then, Fisher and Tom Perry from TMCPlace.com talk preservation. Tom\\u2019s on the war path over a man with ten year\\u2019s worth of photos and memories on his phone, but doesn\\u2019t have a cloud account to back it up. Then, he talks the significance of PDFs in writing up your family history. That\\u2019s all this week on Extreme Genes, America\\u2019s Family History Show!'