Random Ancestry Podcasts

Elizabeth is a born Swenson who has truly experienced life. In the podcast she imparts her wisdom and humor through the long and enrapturing family history to her granddaughter, Mackenzie. In these conversations, stories date back to Grandpa Darmody in the 1800’s and cover a wide range of categories from comedic life lessons of the Irish and Scandinavians to more serious topics such as loss. Whether your blood or of another clan, we welcome you to the family and hope that our listeners will enjoy the ramblings of the two Swenson girls.

Categories: Comedy, History, Kids & Family

Tags: ancestry, family, Funny, Stories, story, swenson

These brief historical and informational snippets about genealogy and history should encourage and help you advance your family tree.

Categories: History, Leisure

Tags: ancestry, freegenealogy, genealogy, genealogytips, geneology, History

a personal conversation between three hapas that investigates and celebrates the mixed race experience

Categories: Education, Society & Culture

Tags: ancestry, Caucasian, Chinese, discussion, ethnic, filipina, guatemalan, hapa, Hawaiian, Intercultural, mixed, multi, Podcast, race

By seeking the stories of our ancestors, we find our own. Through the lens of genealogy, host Heather Murphy invites you to embark on a transformative quest of self-discovery, enabling you to cultivate self-awareness, forge meaningful connections, and embrace a life filled with resilience and joyful authenticity. Be inspired to take your own journey into the branches of your family tree, illuminating the stories of your ancestors and empowering you to discover your true self. Through research, personal anecdotes, and expert insights, we explore how knowing the stories in our roots can reshape our identities and change how we see the world and our place in it.

Categories: Education, History, Society & Culture

Tags: ancestors, ancestry, connection, Family history, family-tree, genealogy, generations, History, Identity, self awareness, Stories

History is people. These are their stories. They are written in blood.

Categories: History, Leisure, Society & Culture

Tags: ancestors, ancestry, family, genealogy, History

Listen to real-life stories from women of color who honor their ancestors’ fight to achieve independence for the United States of America and are members of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). The host, Reisha Raney, a black leader in the DAR and a direct descendant of President Thomas Jefferson’s grandfather, is conducting research as a Harvard University non-resident fellow, under the direction of Henry Louis Gates, Jr, host of the PBS Special “Finding Your Roots”, exploring the lives of DAR members of color and their ancestry which includes men and women of American Indian, black or African descent, and white or European descent who contributed to the founding of the USA. Who are these descendants? What challenges did they overcome researching their genealogy? New episodes are released every Thursday. Visit DaughterDialogues.com to subscribe to the newsletter and meet more members of color. Follow us @DaughterDialogs on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. This is not an official podcast of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR). This podcast is independent and does not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the NSDAR. The President General is the official spokesperson of NSDAR.

Categories: History, Society & Culture

Tags: african, american, ancestry, black, daughters, Descendants, genealogy, History, Member, revolution, States, united

What if you found out your parent was not in fact your biological parent?

NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story. What is an NPE? It is a term that stands for Not Parent Expected or Non Paternity Event. It is used for people who have found out the life changing news that their parent wasn’t their biological parent. Most likely through the advent of home DNA kits.

NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what their journey has been like since the day they found out.

These stories are here for us to listen to and nod along with. Be a part of the story telling. If you are an NPE that would like to share your story email npestories@gmail.com. You do not have to give any identifying information. I’d like to hear from you.

NPE Stories will be launching July 1st 2019. Come heal with us.

Categories: Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

Tags: 23andme, affair, ancestry, DNA, DNA surprise, family-tree, genealogy, half sibling, infidelity, misattributed parentage, misattributed paternity, mpe, non paternal event, non paternity event, not parent expected, NPE, paternity

Generations Cafe is all about genealogy and family history. Discovering your family history should be enjoyable! Each episode will show you more about doing genealogy without the frustration. Host Amy Johnson Crow has been involved in family history for most of her life and is a noted researcher, blogger, author, and educator. She firmly believes that it is possible to do good genealogy research and enjoy the process. This isn’t a stuffy or dry lecture. It’s a conversation to help you explore the most exciting history of all: yours! Grab a cuppa, pull up a chair, and let’s explore family history together.

Categories: Education, History

Tags: ancestry, familyhistory, genealogy, heritage

Genealogy Gems Podcast shows you, the family historian, how to make the most out of your family history research time by providing quick and easy to use research techniques. In addition, you will learn creative ways to share your family tree and the legacy of your ancestors. Lisa Louise Cooke guides you through the exhilarating process of discovering your family tree. She scours the family history landscape to find and bring you the best websites, best practices, and best resources available. And Lisa’s interviews with the experts in the field of genealogy make the Genealogy Gems Podcast your own personal genealogy conference. Guests include genealogists such as Dick Eastman, DearMYRTLE, Curt Witcher, Arlene Eakle, and the folks from Ancestry.com, as well as celebrities such as Tukufu Zuberi of The History Detectives, Kathy Lennon of the Lennon Sisters, Tim Russell of Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, the band Venice, and Darby Hinton of the Daniel Boone TV series from the 1960s. Your family history is world history.

Categories: History, Leisure

Tags: ancestry, DNA, family, familysearch, genealogy, genetic, History, tree

What if you uncovered something from your family’s past that could alter the course of your entire life? These are the stories of people from all over the world whose lives were changed forever by what they found in their family history. Follow along as they are transported to far-flung corners of the globe and beyond the recesses of living memory to explore the truth about who they are — whether it’s solving an old family mystery, reuniting with relatives they never knew existed, or forging a healing connection to a long-forgotten legacy. Presented by MyHeritage, the Blast From My Past podcast reveals the powerful ways our roots call across space and time to summon us home.

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Categories: History, Society & Culture

Tags: ancestry, family-tree, genealogy, MyHeritage

WINNETKA is a ten-episode memoir created and produced by award-winning actress Jessica Harper, with original music. The podcast features the voices of the Harper family, who share in the telling of their remarkable story.

WINNETKA tells of six Harper kids coming of age in Eisenhower’s post-war America, in a Chicago suburb called Winnetka. The siblings are buffeted by the rages of a father with PTSD, challenged by life in a big family, rocked by social change in the sixties, and ultimately stunned by a long held family secret.

Categories: Arts, Society & Culture

Tags: advertising, ancestry, Chicago, childhood, civil rights, drugs, family, funeral, History, legacy, Memoir, new york, nyc, Politics, PTSD, Racism, secrets, sex, sex drugs rock and roll, slavery, Suburbs, winnetka

We talk about our journey as we research our family trees. We also provide thoughts and tips to help you start and navigate through your own family tree.

Categories: History, Society & Culture

Tags: ancestors, ancestry, DNA, family, Family history, family-tree, genealogy, History

Remembering what it is to be human upon the earth // Exploring the mythic journeys we undertake when coming to know ourselves through interviews with herbalists, story keepers, ancestral listeners, consciousness explorers, earth dreamers, and other wise folk.

Categories: Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

Tags: alternativemedicine, ancestry, dreams, Healing, Herbalism, herbs, psychedelics

Ever wondered what consumer DNA testing can do for you- beyond telling you your ethnicity? Are you an adoptee- or someone who has an unknown parent or relative? Do you love Genealogy? You’re in the right place. Join Julie DIxon Jackson and Renee Colvert as they attempt to guide you through what it takes to use DNA to break down brick walls, solve mysteries- or find your “people”!

– GEDmatch acquisition news

– How reunion impacts biological siblings

– What NOT to say to DNA matches

– The doctors office experience for NPE/MPE folks

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Categories: Comedy, Education, Society & Culture

Tags: Adoptee, ancestry, Chromosomes, DNA, findingyourroots, genealogy, search, Truth