he lived for many, many years. so she told you that blockbuster piece of information right away? yes, yes. i had no idea that john wilkes booth had survived. lois, did you hear the same story from your family about john wilkes booth? i did not. i never heard the escape stories. my grandfather never allowed john wilkes s name to be mentioned in the house. our family actually concentrated on edwin s accomplishments. why dig up edwin booth s grave? well, we do not have an unbroken matrilinial line for dna testing, so the next step would be to, you know, have edwin at some point exhumed. it s in the very preliminary stages of pulling the scientific components together, and it s
i cdid not. i never heard the escape stories. my grandfather never allowed john wilkes s name to be mentioned in the house. our family actually concentrated on edwin s accomplishments. what dig up edwin booth s grave? well, we do not have an unbroken matrilinial line for dna testing, so the next step would be to, you know, have edwin at some point exhumed. it s in the very preliminary stages of pulling the scientific components together, and it s also, you know, very important that our efforts be done properly, scientifically, taking into consideration all the sensitivities involved. so bad, obviously there s enough doubt out there that you dedicated an entire episode to
to be mentioned in the house. and our family actually concentrated on edwin s accomplishments. now why dig up edwin booth s grave? well, we do not have an unbroken matrilinial line for dna testing, so the next step would be to, you know, have edwin at some point exhumed. it s in the very preliminary stages of pulling the scientific components together, and it s also, you know, very important that our efforts be done properly, scientifically, taking into consideration all the sensitivities involved. so brad, obviously there s enough doubt out there that you dedicated an entire episode to john wilkes booth. now, the idea is to test edwin booth, his dna, compare it to the dna of one of