Episode 278 - Saroo Brierley From Lion / Fisher With New Found Cousin / Team Green Visits From Relative Race

Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. The guys begin with word of a tragic fire in Tennessee. Hear what was lost. Then, a recently article speculates over whether DNA evidence will follow the pattern of fingerprints. Hear more of what the author speculates. Then, it’s a big upgraded product from FamilyTreeDNA. David will explain what it is. Then David shares a story of his recent visit to DC and the Vietnam War Memorial.  Finally, the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower happens next year. Find out where you get a list of commemorative events. Next, Fisher visits with Loren Smith of New Jersey. Loren showed up on Fisher’s DNA match list one day recently. As an unknown second cousin, Fisher reached out to him and a remarkable journey began for both of them. Fisher explains the experience from his viewpoint, knowing the family lines well, while Loren, an adoptee, talks about how his life was changed forever by the connection.  Hear how you might be able to help someone who appears on your match list. Then, from RootsTech, Saroo Brierley, the man around whom the movie Lion was created, talks about miraculous finding his family in India, after an over twenty year separation after being lost alone on a train. Saroo was a keynote speaker this year. Then, Keith from Team Green on BYUtv’s Relative Race, talks about the show and his experience in meeting family he never knew he had. Tom Perry wraps things up with news of new apps that can help you restore old photographs. That’s all this week on Extreme Genes, America’s Family History Show.