Episode 375: Classic Rewind - Man's Father's World War 2 Pilot Log Book Travels The World Seeking Signatures and History

Extreme Genes

Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. David shares a story he just learned that shows how close he came to never existing! Then the guys open up Family Histoire News with the story of an adopted woman whose DNA results led her to the identity of her biological father. The question is… will she find him first or will the FBI? Hear the details of this one! Then, we have a new "Oldest Person in America!" Find out who she is and how old. Next, it's a lost and found for Viking remains. One museum had them, then lost them, and now they're found again. Find out the details. The guys then talk about a cemetery for free persons of color that has been acquired in Richmond. Catch the rest of the story. Finally… the story of the alphabet may now be complete. Hear how the final piece of the puzzle may have been found.

Next, Fisher begins a two part visit with Nick DeVaux of St. Lucia. Nick's father was a World War 2 pilot for England and left his son his pilot's log book. A few years back, Nick had an idea to use that book to collect history by having history makers from the war sign the wartime heirloom. Hear the story of how it began, what he will ultimately do with the book, and some of the stories of the people who have signed it.

David then returns for questions about researching ancestral businesses and why some ancestors don't appear in immigrant passenger lists.

That's all this week on Extreme Genes, America's Family History Show!