Extreme Genes

  Fisher's "Family Histoire" news this week covers two people who have had a struggle with their family history discoveries.  The first is Barbara Haney from North Pole, Alaska (honest!).  As an American she found out her ancestors were on the wrong side of things in the War of 1812.  Find out why she struggled with this find and how she came to terms with it.  The second is a man who calls himsel...

  This week Fisher opens with information of concern for Ashkenazi Jewish women from the New York Times.  Since most Jewish women in the US are Ashkenazi, the article warns they need to be tested for the genetic mutation that is associated with high rates of breast and ovarian cancer.  Studies show that such women are at high risk for carrying the so called "BRCA" gene, made famous by Angelina Jol...

  Fisher opens by talking about his recent experience at the FGS Conference in San Antonio.  In "Family Histoire News" he tells us about what is believed to be the biggest hurricane in New England history. When did it hit?  1635!  Hear what is known about the largest hurricane no one has ever heard of. Then, Fisher has the story of the discovery of cave that may prove that Neanderthals may have be...

  Fisher begins the show with the latest on what the body of King Richard III has revealed.  Found under a British parking lot just two years ago, the 500-year-old corpse is the scientists' gift that keeps on giving!  Fisher then discusses the latest on cemetery business.  With so many now reaching capacity they're now finding new ways to cash in on our collective demise.  Some may just surprise y...

  In segment one, Fisher's Family Histoire News covers the research results covering an 18th century boat found under the World Trade Center four years ago.  You'll be amazed what researchers were able to learn about this 200 year old ship!  Plus, the odds were ridiculous.  Find out about a young girl who drew the name of an Englishman who was killed in World War I, and learned he was her great gr...

  Fisher opens with a recap of this week's episode of Who Do You Think You Are? featuring Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson.  (Once again, an ancestor was accused of a crime!)  Rachel McAdams is featured this week.  In this week's "Family Histoire News..."  With the centennial of the start of World War I, a lot of new resources for researching your ancestor, as well as books about the experienc...

    Fisher reveals survey results of the question on your oldest heirlooms.  "How old are they?!"  Find out in the first segment.  In Family Histoire News, Fisher reports on the first episode of this season's "Who Do You Think You Are?" on TLC.  "Sex and the City" star Cynthia Nixon learns about her ancestral past.  Also, a DNA study may be adding another branch to the Parker family.  That same fa...

Fisher opens the show with an explanation of his electrolysis experiment with two family daguerreotypes.  He reveals how it went and how to do it... if you dare!  He also reveals the name and age of a man from Brazil that just might make him the oldest man on the planet... perhaps ever!   David Allen Lambert of the New England Historic Genealogical Society joins the show to talk about the "Colonia...

Fisher continues Extreme Genes' first anniversary month with two stories about boys photographed in dresses around the turn of the last century.  Family Histoire News includes the release of over 1,000 love letters from one time President Warren G. Harding to his mistress!  The oldest living American is now 116.  The braids of a uniformed British Naval Officer that were cut from his uniform when h...

Fisher ushers in July and the first anniversary of Extreme Genes!  Fisher shares something new he learned in the past week... how to tell if that child in the dress from the 19th and early 20th centuries is a boy or a girl!  And just why did boys wear dresses?  There was actually a very good reason for it.  He'll explain. Guest Craig Scott, CEO of Heritage Books, then gives some incite on sources...

Fisher’s Family Histoire News talks about a real life “Saving Private Ryan” family.  Only they weren’t American.  And it wasn’t in World War II.  He’ll tell you all about it.  Plus, there is one nation in the world with solid family records going back over a thousand years, minimal immigration, and a population that generally came from the same place.  No research challenge there!  But geneticists...

Fisher’s Family Histoire News covers the passing of the last of the 29 original Navajo Code Talkers, whose unique code was never broken by the Japanese in World War II.  Plus, the original words to what became our National Anthem have been reunited with the flag the inspired them.  Learn where you can see this remarkable display.   Photo expert Ron Fox returns to the show.  Ron was on just a few w...

Fisher talks to a Michigan woman about the discovery in Wales of something that once belonged to her late father who served in World War II and the invasion of Normandy.    DNA is the big thing these days in identifying long deceased ancestors as well as unknown living relatives.  Fisher talks with guest Bennett Greenspan, President of FamilyTreeDNA.com, about how it all came about.   The other gr...

Fisher has more news on the corpse of King Richard III.  The modern day discovery of his body under a parking lot was well timed, as a CT scan and a 3D printer have revealed something people had only guessed about in the past.  Learn what it is.   Guest Daniel Swalm of Minnesota will get you looking through your database to find out… could your grandmother have died without her American citizenshi...

Fisher talks about learning of the auction of a silver 1776 “Continental Dollar” that sold in New York.  It is believed to have been created to experiment in the creation of “American” currency, an important issue if the United States was to be recognized as an independent nation.  Learn how much the coin went for and why Fisher has a special interest in this unique coin.  Fisher visits with forme...

Fisher opens the show with word of a new scent that’s on the market to make you smell “like a Viking!”  It’s the real deal!  Fisher visits with Academy Award nominee Edward James Olmos who shares his family’s remarkable path.  In “Family Histoire News,” a museum in Norwich, Connecticut is lauding “Benedict Arnold… Hero!”  It’s all about his contributions to the cause of freedom  before  turning tr...

Fisher's Family Histoire News talks about the discovery of the wreck of Columbus' flagship, the Santa Maria.  Could it be true?  What will it teach us about what really happened in 1492?  Plus, an Oregon man has received a postcard mailed to his great grandmother in 1940 by a relative!  How was it lost?  How was it found?  It's a fascinating tale.  Fisher also chats with former Monkee drummer/sing...

On this weeks show, Fisher shares the news of two new podcast apps now available free in your Android or iPhone store.  Twin sisters have reunited after 78 of separation.  We’ll have the happy story for you.  Letters written from the European Theater in the heat of battle in World War II have been found in a storage locker and returned to the man’s son.  Hear how it all came about.  Fisher also ge...

Fisher visits with Star Wars actor Jeremy Bullock about his ancestry.  This week's  “Family Histoire News” talks about eight World War II vets who have finally been recognized as true POWs.    Learn why it took 70 years for these men to receive this recognition.    Also… virtually all early Irish census records are coming on line.    Unfortunately, it doesn’t amount to what any Irish descendant wo...

Fisher visits with Butch Patrick, better known as “Eddie Munster.”  Butch has made a most ironic family history find and tells Fisher all about it.  Fisher’s “Family Histoire” news takes us to England where a virtual “time capsule” full of effects of a fallen soldier will soon be on display to help recognize the 100 th  anniversary of the start of World War I.  Hear what was among the soldiers bel...

Fisher has some incredible stories in this episode.  Imagine a stranger knocking at your door to tell you the grandfather who died before you were born had left a message… 101 years ago!  It happened in Germany.  Fisher shares the amazing details.  Plus, a Red Cross worker sketched soldiers in Holland in 1945.  Photos of roughly 100 of those sketches were recently found by family, and an effort is...

Fisher welcomes new radio stations to the family of affiliates.  News this week includes a conclusion that Hitler may have married a Jewish woman!   Hear how the DNA trail of Eva Braun led to this remarkable story.  Also, plans for major freeway construction has led to the discovery of remains of a 250 year old French settlement in St. Louis.  And, an alumnus of Virginia Military Institute has bee...

Fisher talks about how some listeners got “got” on April Fools’ Day and innocently tried to share the news with Extreme Genes listeners.  Hear what one story said and where it came from!   Fisher also has a source of common baby names and what they   really   mean.  If you’re naming a child anytime soon, you may want to listen!  Would you ever rely on information three-quarters of a century old to...

Fisher’s family history news coverage begins with a story about a new science, targeted for police work, where DNA can be used to create a “predicted” face of the suspect!  Could there be applications for “genies” everywhere?  Also, Yale has discovered that the man they thought was the first African-American to graduate from Yale wasn’t.  How was the real “first” found?  Genies everywhere will app...

Fisher talks about the latest science in following the migration patterns of our ancestors… "language family trees."  Find out what these trees have taught us about the origins of Native Americans, and how this technique might teach us about the migration of other ancient groups.  Fisher also has the story of a Delaware man who lived a long life, but couldn't resist leaving one final message to fa...