Episode 301 - Man Who Learned That His Dad Was Not Dad To Nine Kids Writes Book / Dan Debenham On New Season Of 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 Family Histoire News with word that another casualty from Pearl Harbor has been identified through DNA and brought home to be buried with honors with his family.  Hear the details. Then, a new document has raised a question. Did George Washington fire the first shot of the French and Indian War? Hear how this new take on history was developed. Next, a flea market in Texas has yielded a photo album of 19th century pix that have now found their way back to the family. A story in the Washington Post talks about the joys of researching peoples’ own homes. It ties closely with family history. Hear some of the info you’ll find in the story linked to at ExtremeGenes.com. Then, hear the story of a scientist who is learning how to collect DNA from hair without the roots! He’s been collecting follicles from unknown crime victims and unknown killers. In the next segment, Fisher catches up with Dan Debenham, host of KBYU’s Relative Race. Season Six is underway and Dan will tell you what’s new for this go-round. Then, Steve Anderson joins Fisher for an update on his most bizarre family story. Steve first appeared on Extreme Genes back in 2015 when he revealed that DNA showed that his Dad, the head of a family of nine children, was not the bio-dad to any of them! Hear the latest, and hear about Steve’s new book A Broken Tree: How DNA Exposed a Family’s Secrets. Fisher and David then field a question on “Ask Us Anything,” talking about an interesting probate record called a “Petition for Administration.” Find out what family history gold these documents can reveal! That’s all this week on Extreme Genes, America’s Family History Show!