Episode 274 - RootsTech Review / Woodbury On New DNA Tools / Host Debenham On New Season Of Relative Race On BYUtv

Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. The guys give a brief overview of some of their highlights from the recent RootsTech conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. David reveals what he feels is an up and coming company in the field. The guys then talk about a recent article out of Boston posted on ExtremeGenes.com about support groups for people who get unexpected results from their DNA tests. Then, it’s another new DNA tool coming soon to MyHeritage.com. Hear what it is. And a man who sold a VHS machine on eBay recently received a wonderful surprise and is now paying it forward. Find out what happened. David’s Blogger Spotlight this week shines on GeneabloggersTribe.com, which hosts several family history bloggers. Next, Fisher brings back DNA specialist Paul Woodbury from Legacy Tree Genealogists. Paul talks about important new tools from Ancestry and MyHeritage that were released during RootsTech and what makes them exciting for any family researcher. Fisher then visits with Dan Debenham, host of KBYUtv’s Relative Race. Season 5 is underway, and Dan fills us in on what we can look forward to this time around! Then, Tom Perry, our Preservation Authority from TMCPlace.com, talks about the history of home movies and certain types of audio. That’s all this week on Extreme Genes, America’s Family History Show.