Extreme Genes - America's Family History And Genealogy Radio Show & Podcast

Fisher reviews his research trip to New York City, including a visit to the set of David Letterman’s Late Show, where Fisher’s father worked for the Ed Sullivan Show from 1948-1971.  He speaks of the discovery of a new photograph of his great grandfather in a highly unusual place!  Family History news this week includes […]

Fisher fills us in on some exciting recent stories posted on ExtremeGenes.com.  He also gives six surnames that may mean you are descended from a pirate!  Fisher also reveals information on his own pirate ancestor, and how he escaped capture in Rhode Island. Guest Stan Lindaas from HeritageConsulting.com talks about a man he recently met […]

On this weeks show, Fisher shares the latest on the battle for the corpse of King Richard III.  It’s York vs. Leicester in the competition for public opinion and legal victory.  The Yorkies seem to be a bit behind in the race while the Leicesterians are putting up historic markers concerning Richard III through their […]

On this weeks show, Fisher shares the announcements of the big announcement between the two family history giants, Ancestry.com and familysearch.org.   What will their new agreement bring to us over the next five years?  And how much will it cost?  Listen to the podcast to find out. We also learned about a former world leader […]

On this week show, Fisher’s got the latest on battle over the body of King Richard III.  In fact, scientists revealed something he wishes had never been brought up!  He also reviews the story of Trisha Yearwood on “Who Do You Think You Are.”  This leads to a revelation about ancestors on both Fisher’s and […]

On this weeks show, Fisher talks about a ring swapped for chocolate at a World War II POW camp, and how it has found its way back to the prisoner’s family in America.  A man discovers his family history on Antique Road Show!  Also… DNA tests of relatives and DNA tests being done on three […]

This week on Extreme Genes: Fisher reviews Chris O’Donnell’s appearance on “Who Do You Think You Are?”  Plus, the latest on the battle over the body of King Richard III.  Where will he be buried for the NEXT 500 years?  While King Richard was buried under a parking lot, a child in Chicago was born […]

On this weeks show, Fisher reviews family history news including a British man who retraced his World War I ancestor’s path on the battlefield right down to a very specific and remarkable site.  Want to repair a tombstone or two?  One man shows you how he does it in an extremegenes.com link.  Also, a non-published […]

On this week’s show, Fisher shares the latest family history news, including a shocking story involving a 1964 kidnap victim and what DNA has told him. He also talk about a firefighter whose family lost all the memorabilia of his firefighting grandfather then later received an amazing gift that neither he nor his family sought. […]

This episode originally aired in Salt Lake City on 105.7FM 570 AM KNRS on 8/4/13 On this weeks show Fisher shares the latest family history news.  A story of a World War II couple that met when a plane crashed in a field next to a young lady’s home, and new “GPR” (Ground Penetrating Radar) […]

Originally aired on 105.7FM 570AM KNRS in Salt Lake City on 7/28/2013 Fisher visits with a couple from San Diego who run a Family Search center there.  They talk about the Bible that was brought in to be donated that had a record of one of their own (the couples’) ancestral families! Fisher talks with […]

Episode 02 aired on 105.7 KNRS in Salt Lake City on 7-21-2013 On this weeks show, Fisher shares the latest family history news including the discovery of long lost Jewish headstones in Vienna, which remained hidden from the Nazis. Also, Billionaire T. Boone Pickens sent family heirlooms, including 110 letters and Civil War memorabilia, by […]

This episode of Extreme Genes originally aired on 105.7fm 570am KNRS in Salt Lake City on 7/14/13 On the first show of Extreme Genes, Fisher talks about his passion for family history.  Discusses how all of European descent come through Charlemagne.  (Article here:  http://extremegenes.com/?s=charlemagne.)  Talks about discovery of an ancient woman (5,500 years) in British […]