The Family History AI Show

Steve Little, Mark Thompson
thefamilyhistoryaishow@makingfamilyhistory.com

Booking Overview

A niche, audience-ready show for experts who connect AI capabilities to real-world genealogy workflows. It blends AI news/tools with genealogy strategy, offering strong PR value for guests who can translate complex AI advances into family-history research outcomes.

Metrics

Episodes: 41

Frequency: Monthly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

30s Ad: 28 - 35, 60s Ad: 34 - 41

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Host

Steve Little - World-class authority in AI and genealogy who co-hosts The Family History AI Show, explaining how AI tools can be applied to genealogy research and how AI is affecting the genealogy community.

Mark Thompson - Professional genealogist, educator, and technology expert who co-hosts the show, focusing on how to use AI to enhance genealogy research and workflows.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Genealogy-industry leaders (DNA testing/genetic genealogy platforms), applied AI/product experts with genealogy use cases, or educators/authors with proven methodologies for using AI in family-history research (often tied to transcription, record discovery, and DNA analysis).
Required Achievements:  
Executive or GM-level role at a genealogy/consumer genealogy genetics platform, Published methodology/framework for applying AI to genealogy research workflows, Product involvement with AI features for transcription, record/photo analysis, or search, Speaking/visibility in genealogy and/or genealogy-tech events (e.g., RootsTech)

Recent Guest Discussions

Dave Vance - Next-generation Sequencing And AI In Genetic Genealogy; Implications For Matching And Future AI Role In Genetic Genealogy

Nicole Dyer - How The Research Like A Pro Methodology Integrates With AI Tools For Transcription, Locality Research, And DNA Analysis

Diana Elder - How The Research Like A Pro Methodology Integrates With AI Tools For Transcription, Locality Research, And DNA Analysis

Recent Topics

Genealogy, Artificial Intelligence, Genetics, Record Research, Transcription, Handwriting Recognition, Family History, Digital Archives, Dna Testing, Search

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Family History AI Show
:

EP41: MyHeritage Announces Scribe AI, Dave Vance Talks AI at FamilyTreeDNA, Full Text Search at Fold3, Wikipedia's AI Ban

April 06, 2026

Co-hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little open with a deep look at MyHeritage's new Scribe AI, a new AI tool that analyzes records, photographs, gravestones, and coats of arms and provides genealogy relevant research suggestions. It even works on your own photographs.This episode features an interview with Dave Vance, General Manager of Family Tree DNA, exploring how the hottest new genetic genealogy tests, provided by next-generation sequencing, deliver 400 times more genomic info than traditi...

EP40: AI Models Leap Forward, Research Like a Pro Meets AI, FamilySearch Simple Search, Ancestry AI Stories, Anthropic vs. Uncle Sam

March 24, 2026

Co-hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little examine the major AI model upgrades released over the winter, comparing Anthropic's Opus 4.6, OpenAI's GPT 5.4, and Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro and their benefits for genealogists.In a special interview recorded at RootsTech 2026, they sit down with Diana Elder and Nicole Dyer of Family Locket to explore how the Research Like a Pro methodology integrates with AI tools for transcription, locality research, and DNA analysis.In RapidFire, they cover FamilySear...

EP39: 2026 Predictions for Family History AI, Platform Apps, Handwritten Text Recognition, AI-Enhanced Research, AI-Browsers, and so much more!

December 17, 2025

In the last episode of 2025, Co-hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little present their predictions for how artificial intelligence will transform genealogy research in 2026. This special episode examines fourteen key trends shaping the future of family history AI.Mark and Steve predict that AI tools will move from enthusiast circles into mainstream genealogy practice, with AI-enhanced apps like NotebookLM becoming more important than the underlying language models that people have focused on for ...

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