Introducing Family Lore

0:00On Unpaused, Dr. Mary Claire Haver leads bold, unfiltered conversations about what it really takes for women to thrive in the second half of life. Through these conversations, women get the expert guidance and honest information that midlife demands. Because understanding your body, your health, and your options changes everything. That same commitment to honest, empowering conversation is at the very heart of the new podcast, Family Lore. On each episode of Family Lore, the team takes on a long-held family story and examines it with new questions and a fresh perspective. They explore how memory, perception, and generational narratives shape the stories we tell and the secrets we keep.

0:44It's a fun, thoughtful, and deeply human show. Enjoy this preview of Family Lore. And when you're ready for more, search for Family Lore, available now, wherever you get your podcasts. So here is what I want to understand. Yes. What made you so interested in all these ancestral lines and ancestral influences? So, I've been interested in it for so long that I can't remember when it started. So maybe like in childhood? Childhood. Did you do the DNA test? I've not done that. I wasn't all that interested in the statistical breakdown of my DNA. I'm more interested in the stories. The stories of your ancestors.

1:25Of my ancestors and the circumstances that moved them around the planet.

1:33Every family has its stories. Your grandparents met on a blind date, or your great-grandmother passed through Ellis Island. But every once in a while, you'll hear something a little more unusual. I have a really vague memory of somebody saying, did you know your great-uncle killed somebody? I've heard my whole life that she invented the margarita. He gets a patent one month before the Wright brothers. Oh my God. Some of these stories are hard to believe. Others are hard to imagine. And as these tall tales get passed down through the generations, they become something more than a family story. They become family lore.

2:15My name is Lloyd Lockridge. And in this podcast, I'm going to have people on to tell stories about their families. And then we're going to investigate those stories and find out how much of it is true. To go into the archive and find what you think is like not just the secret of your family's life, but the explanatory secret of your family's life. Wow. You know, maybe this old family story that I overheard in my grandmother's kitchen is true. This is Family Lore, a new series from Odyssey Podcasts. You're always wondering why your dad is a certain way. Well, here's one answer. I love when I hear somebody says, I have a boring family history.

2:59They didn't do anything. I say it's because you don't know anything about your history. Please follow and listen to Family Lore on any of your podcast apps.