Ancestry DNA’s New Television Series ‘A New Leaf’ Featured on NBC
A New Leaf, a new show on NBC, will highlight the value of understanding one’s family history. In partnership with Ancestry DNA, Daisy Fuentes hosted this show to join families to learn the importance of understanding their family history to make important life decisions. Each week “A New Leaf” will follow people who are learning about their genealogy and family history via Ancestry DNA. Ancestry DNA will also go on a self-discovery journey and try to learn from the past by looking at the future.
Jennifer Utley, Director of Research at Ancestry, has a conversation. Let’s dive into the questions and answers.
How does Ancestry’s A New Leaf and other shows are similar?
Ancestry’s role or work goes far beyond a sponsor for many television shows. Ancestry’s researchers and genealogists have invested thousands of hours researching individuals for all programs, including a new leaf. Ancestry has around 100 genealogists on staff, and these build family trees after examining those family trees to source authentic stories that you can share on television with our viewers.
What does our research process look like to create a single episode of A New Leaf?
We research every new family tree the same way and start with the cast member, episode subject, and person who already knows about their family. We told our entire cast member to make a family tree, and their details help us start quickly. Then, the team pulls our extensive research portion and tries our best to build a 5-generation family tree. Our Ancestry team must start to notice potential family stories that can be incorporated in a future episode. Ancestry’s strategy is typically based on finding a single character or probably focuses on one side of the family. We should go deep in finding their records and trying to learn the historical context around their lives to tell a more emotional story.
Along with detailed research, what you do behind the scene to make an episode of A New Leaf come to life?
Family history research is the only thing to create a great television show. We consult with the best local experts and historians and find out some interesting places to capture, and we do our best to make relevant historical pictures that we can make live on our show. Television is a great visual medium, so we provide our audience with compelling visuals and historical images.
Family History research is the keystone of A New Leaf. Do you think Genealogy and Family History research are becoming more popular? Why or why not?
Family history is popular for people of all ages. The advent of the internet is a game-changer for all people’s ages. Ancestry has added all the historical records online and makes it hard to find documents searchable by clicking on the button. Ancestry has been at the forefront of family history research, adding new content to our historical record or developing innovative research for more than three decades. All these will help or enable people to uncover their family stories.
What lessons can someone learn by understanding their family’s journey?
Over the years, the family history positively affected so many lives, and these are countless stories that anyone can learn from someone’s family tree. Emory University researchers found that children and teenagers who understand their family history stories well, and the adversity and trials their ancestors faced, are more flexible and less anxious in their lives today. The concept behind this is that teenagers and children think that if their ancestors or someone in their family had faced or overcame a situation, they could also.
What excites the viewers to learn more as they watch the show A New Leaf?
We had invested countless hours into bringing meaningful stories to viewers, and I was always excited when the show A New Leaf premieres because we have that opportunity to share family stories worldwide. Every day, fans of the show ask to feature more family stories, and the viewers will love the show and inspire a new generation of future family historians.
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