Extreme Genes is a genealogy show hosted by Fisher. Fisher has 30+ years of radio experience and has had a passion for genealogy since he was a teen. On Extreme Genes Fisher sets out to educate the audience on resources and techniques for completing any gaps found in your family tree. Each week Fisher interviews national experts in the field of genealogy as well as news related to all of our genealogy. Be sure to visit ExtremeGenes.com for all the latest on the show.

Extreme Genes
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Podcast Overview
Extreme Genes is a genealogy show hosted by Fisher. Fisher has 30+ years of radio experience and has had a passion for genealogy since he was a teen. On Extreme Genes Fisher sets out to educate the audience on resources and techniques for completing any gaps found in your family tree. Each week Fisher interviews national experts in the field of genealogy as well as news related to all of our genealogy. Be sure to visit ExtremeGenes.com for all the latest on the show.
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Recent Episodes

March 18, 2024
Episode 486: Special Edition - RootsTech and the Astounding Arrival of “Generative AI”
<p><strong id= "docs-internal-guid-808c66ee-7fff-20e0-a008-447e09c43238">Host Scott Fisher returns with this commercial free special RootsTech edition of Extreme Genes. This recent RootsTech conference in Salt Lake City will forever be remembered as being the one at which Generative AI made its debut. And what a debut it was and is! Fisher visits with FamilySearch CEO Steve Rockwood, AmericanAncestor’s David Allen Lambert, and African American Program Manager for FamilySearch Thom Reed about the impact of this remarkable new technology, how it works, and how you can put it to work for you right now!</strong></p>

January 1, 2024
Episode 445 - Pair of DeWitt Descendants LITERALLY Dig Up their Ancestor
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and</span> <a href= "https://www.americanancestors.org/"><span style= "font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">AmericanAncestors.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. The guys begin by taking a deep breath over the crazy two part guest interview has in line for the show. A pair of eighth cousins… also eighth cousins to Fisher… who have exhumed the remains of their name line immigrant ancestor, Tjerck Claessen DeWitt, who died in 1700 in Kingston, New York, and his wife and two children. David then shares stories about the DNA Reunion Project, which seeks to reunite aging Holocaust survivors who were separated following World War II; The birthday celebration of “Papa Jake,” a World War II “dam buster,” who has been a hero to the British and a Tik Tok star!; The story of further conflict at the site of the former Pilgrim colony at Plymouth, Massachusetts where descendants of 17<sup>th</sup> century natives are angry. David will explain; And if you’re a Scottish researcher, David has some good news for you!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Then, in two parts, Fisher visits with Gage and Justin DeWitt… distant cousins to each other, and to Fisher… who have literally dug up the immigrant ancestor, Tjerck Claessen DeWitt of Kingston, New York. Hear all about the project which took place this past summer, and what they are hoping to accomplish. It’s a genie-journey on steroids!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">David then returns for another round of Ask Us Anything.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That’s all this week on Extreme Genes, America’s Family History Show!</span></p>

December 30, 2023
Fisher’s Top Tips #078
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style= "font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> There are various types of DNA tests, but the Y-DNA test serves one particular purpose. Here’s why you might want to “Y.”</span></strong></p>
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