Extreme Genes: Family History Radio The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Hank Jones talks about his collection of stories of strange things that have happened when doing genealogy and family history work. Sharon Manson discusses her journey that helped her learn why her parents would tell her never to ask grandma question

The one and only CeCe Moore joins the show. CeCe brings us up to date on what’s happening in her world and explains why she feels that her work solving cold cases is exonerating more people than it is finding guilty people.

We visit with Lisa Murphy of Orem, Utah, an Ordinary Person With An Extraordinary Find. Lisa’s grandfather was a family enigma. He died without ever telling anyone exactly where he was from, and very little about the family itself. Then comes DNA.

Tom received a Christmas gift a while back that gave him an odd ethnicity result. With the help of Legacy Tree Genealogists he learned the truth about his parentage. But the full story might well have been missed because of an unusual DNA match.

The guys begin with the story of an adjustment that was made on the headstone of Susan B. Anthony just in time for election day. Hear what it was and why it was done. Then, a Virginia State Senator has made a sad discovery on his own property.

Fisher visits with slavery expert Kenyatta Berry. They talk about Frederick Douglass and how he and several other formerly enslaved men travelled to England in the 1840s to create international pressure on the United States to end slavery.