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 traitor. Find out what that’s all about. And, a Seattle man recently found a box full of color slides taken ...
May 27, 2014•44 min
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/singer Micky Dolenz about his family history. Nick Baum, founder of StoryWorth.com talks about the founding of ...
May 19, 2014•44 min
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 gets a family history story out of Charles Fleischer, the voice of Roger Rabbit. You won’t believe this guy...
May 12, 2014•44 min
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 would hope for. We’ll explain. And, a man has written a book about three generations of his family and their live...
May 05, 2014•44 min
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 100th anniversary of the start of World War I. Hear what was among the soldiers belongings. Also, might some of your Civil War ancestors’ possessions be found where a shopping mall will so...
Apr 29, 2014•46 min
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 now on to locate descendants of these World War II heroes. We’ll tell you where to find out more. Could ...
Apr 21, 2014•44 min
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 been tracking down descendants of VMI Civil War soldiers who fought in the Battle of New Market. Find out wh...
Apr 14, 2014•44 min
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 solve your 21st Century problems? One British woman did. Listen to how she solved her obesity and financial ...
Apr 07, 2014•44 min
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 appreciate the story. Cemeteries are going GREEN! (Aren’t they already?) We’ll tell you just what that mean...
Mar 31, 2014•44 min
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 family and friends… his own hysterical obituary. Fisher will share some of what he wrote. Plus, what are...
Mar 25, 2014•46 min
On this weeks show, Fisher talks about the pending release of a new, free Extreme Genes app, to help you keep up with newly released podcasts. He also shares a story about a wedding ring, with first names, middle initials and a date found in Brooklyn, New York, and his (successful?) efforts to identify the happy (not-so-happy?) couple! “12 Years A Slave” was a story that wasn’t on anyone’s radar, and would never have been, if not for the lifelong efforts of an unknown researcher in Louisiana. Fi...
Mar 17, 2014•44 min
Fisher starts the show with a nod to last week’s visit from New England Historical Society researcher Rhonda McClure, who explained how to see if you tie into movie stars and celebrities. Fisher reels off quite a list he has learned he is related to. Plus, how much Neanderthal DNA do you have? It might be more than you think! Fisher explains from a great story on recent DNA discoveries. Plus, another big announcement concerning gravestones… this time from Find-A-Grave.com. Fisher also has a grea...
Mar 10, 2014•44 min
On this weeks show Fisher talks about how someone’s ancestor just made one couple’s lives… by leaving them $10,000,000 in gold. Of course, he didn’t know he was doing it at the time. Plus, it was a 200 year old Dutch family Bible that somehow was “misplaced…” around 1910! Hear how it got back into the proper hands. Rhonda McClure, researcher of the stars from the New England Historical and Genealogical Society talks about some of her interesting discoveries involving movie stars and the somewhat...
Mar 03, 2014•44 min
Fisher tells about the discovery of the identify of a man who etched his mark on the pillars of a British mansion just before leaving to fight at Normandy. Learn the remarkable way in which he was found. Next, the chart of George Washington’s lineage was large, flowery, and beautiful when presented to President Ulysses S. Grant in 1873. It was also fraudulent! Hear who made it, why, and how he was exposed. Plus, Hudson Gunn of BillionGraves.com makes a truly genie-world changing announcement abo...
Feb 24, 2014•44 min
In this episode, Fisher reveals the bold new move by the major players in the world of family history. The result will be an incredible increase in the records you can access from your home and phone! Get the details in the opening segment. Plus, an Extreme Genes listener reads her ancestor’s love letter to [...]
Feb 17, 2014•44 min
Social media and the internet has solved the mystery of a young girl staring hauntingly out a window in 1908. She was a child laborer working a cotton mill in North Carolina. Who was she and how was her identity finally made known? Fisher explains the answers and complexities that were overcome, as well as [...]
Feb 10, 2014•44 min
Fisher gets ready for Roots Tech in Salt Lake City as an official blogger. The audience has spoken concerning the 3D printer company offering to make 3D versions of couples unborn child! Cool or creepy? Fisher reveals the answer. In news… an African American woman was shocked when her brother’s Y chromosome DNA test came […]
Feb 03, 2014•44 min
On this week’s edition of Extreme Genes, Fisher shares important news for adoptees from Ohio. The governor there has signed a new law that will have an affect on people looking for their birth families. The “Grave Whisperer” is making news in Washington DC. What does he do and how does he do it? It’s […]
Jan 27, 2014•44 min
On today’s show Fisher gives his take on the movie “Philomena,” starring Judi Dench. From ExtremeGenes.com, Fisher speaks of several great family history stories for this week. The first is about a man from Idaho who dropped by Antiques Road Show with a 1920s era etching given to him by his grandfather. This heirloom turned […]
Jan 20, 2014•44 min
Fisher talks about a remarkable tribe of nomads in India whose living is family history. And they’ve been at it for 900 years! Plus… it’s a pedigree chart/group sheet nightmare… what happens when a woman gives birth to her own granddaughter? It’s about to happen! Best selling author Richard Paul Evans of “Christmas Box” fame […]
Jan 13, 2014•46 min
On this weeks show, Fisher talks about how New Year’s was once celebrated on March 25! And how it took the eventual victory of one calendar system over another to get us to a Ball Drop to bring in January 1. Fisher also shares the story of an Australian man who learned the fate of […]
Jan 06, 2014•44 min
Fisher recaps his top five stories of 2013. Guest Marlo Schulte… a “mad professor” of family history software visits. Get the free software he talks about at HeritageCollector.com. Marlo’s daughter, Kathleen Bitter, on her talking story books and calendars. How you can make your own! Find out more at HeritageCollector.com. Tom Perry from TMCPlace.com talks […]
Dec 28, 2013•46 min
Fisher reviews his picks for stories numbers 10 to 6 in his Top Family History Stories of 2013. Guests Brittany Chapman and Ron Fox join the show to talk about the discovery of a 56 year old tape recording of Brittany’s then-103-year-old great great grandmother, Ruth May Fox. Brittany has researched Ruth for years and […]
Dec 18, 2013•44 min
Fisher shares latest family history news from ExtremeGenes.com. Two stories will not make scientists happy. One is about a three year old boy who died 24,000 years ago in Siberia. His DNA shows a connection to two groups who were not supposed to be connected! Find out what theory is being turned upside down. Also, […]
Dec 09, 2013•43 min
Fisher shares the latest family history news. Johannesburg, South Africa is being plagued by tombstone thieves, snarfing stones by the dark of night and selling them to unscrupulous stone masons for their granite and marble. But a local company has come up with a solution to put an end to the heists. A newspaper has […]
Dec 01, 2013•47 min
On this weeks show, Fisher shares news from the week… starting with the coming remake of “Roots,” the 1977 mini-series that popularized family history. He tells you who is doing it and what the plans are. A Purple Heart medal was found at a flea market in Arizona where a veteran bought it. Find out […]
Nov 21, 2013•49 min
On this weeks show, Fisher shares several stories making news this week. He talks about latest discoveries concerning the “Boy King,” King Tut, who is still making news after all these years. Also, the story of the Lee family, which has been doing business from the same location in New York City since 1888. […]
Nov 20, 2013•47 min
On this weeks show, Fisher fills us in on the latest family history news. He starts with details on the reopening of Ellis Island following all the damage caused their during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Harry Potter author JK Rowling has gotten into family history research, had a breakthrough, and it was quite a disappointment! […]
Nov 06, 2013•48 min
On this weeks show, Fisher talks about Halloween and audience members who have actually seen ghosts! Hear two stories that’ll make your hair stand on end! There’s another reunion story on ExtremeGenes.com… this time it’s a Vietnam vet who was adopted. He had no idea that two people he went to high school with were […]
Oct 29, 2013•47 min
Fisher talks about Ancestry.com’s exciting announcement concerning their latest upgrade to their DNA results. Plus, two World War I related stories. One has to do with the discovery of a mysterious box in a church in Ireland which contained images of over 130 local young men who went off to fight in the War to […]
Oct 21, 2013•47 min
