Episode 447 - Artificial Intelligence Comes To Family History / The Holocaust DNA Reunion Project Is Underway

Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. The guys devote the entire first segment to a new artificial intelligence tool that is making headlines, ChatGPT. Fisher test drove it for family history possibilities and shares what he learned… with a combination of excitement, concern, and fascination. You'll want to hear this. Then, over two segments, Jennifer Mendelsohn and Adina Newman, two Jewish focused genealogists, talk about the challenges of researching Jewish heritage, and the new project they've opened up with the Center for Jewish History in New York City… the DNA Reunion Project. This new initiative aims to reunite Holocaust survivors and their children with family members long since separated by the Holocaust. It's a remarkable and emotional conversation. David then returns as he and Fisher tackle two new questions in Ask Us Anything. That's all this week on Extreme Genes, America's Family History Show!