Episode 323 - Blaine Bettinger Talks DNA, New Products and Latest Edition Of Shared Centimorgan Project

Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. The guys open Family Histoire News with word of the passing of a woman in England, Hulda Churchill, who was nearly 109, from coronavirus. She had survived the Spanish flu as a young girl, but her sister died in that pandemic a century ago! But another centenarian has survived. Hear his story. Next, it has been determined who the last surviving victim of the transatlantic slave trade was. Learn her story and when she passed. Then, the story is being shared about how the diary of Anne Frank was heavily edited… by her own father. Learn more about it and what his motivation was. David then gives a shout out to a 13-year-old who has latched on to Extreme Genes!  The guys then chat about museums that are now taking out ancient items and materials for DNA testing, and what they’re learning from it.  Next, bones found under a rock in Ireland have led to a new conclusion about the origin of at least some of the Irish. Hear the story! Next, Fisher visits with Dr. Blaine Bettinger talking all things DNA, including his thoughts on new tools and his latest edition of his Shared CentiMorgan Project. You’ll also find out whether it’s a good idea to send in DNA samples during the current lockdown. Finally, David returns for Ask Us Anything, answering your questions. That’s all this week on Extreme Genes, America’s Family History Show!