And I just can't resist noting a Morning Edition interview with genealogist Megan Smolenyak.

NPR: An Unusual Alliance

For a hefty fee you get your own personal genealogist and a tailor-made luxury tour after months of research into your family tree.

BBC: A trip back to your roots

An amateur genealogist traced Mr Stubbs after Mrs Burleigh's family discovered her long-lost brother during some family tree research two months ago.

BBC: World War II siblings reunited after 75 years apart

But maybe the IFA should get a lawyer and a genealogist on the job of increasing the number of players he can pick.

BBC: Scoring in the NI gene pool

Professor Kevin Schurer acted as the project's genealogist and set about seeing if he could find living descendants of Richard III's immediate family.

CNN: February 4, 2013 -- Updated 1805 GMT (0205 HKT)

It was not until amateur genealogist and Burleigh family friend Roger Mitchell traced Mr Stubbs that the brother and sister knew the other was still alive.

BBC: World War II siblings reunited after 75 years apart

Recognizing this intersection of online tools with the old-fashioned world of ancestry exploration, MacEntee sensed that he could profit from this changing dynamic by becoming a professional genealogist specializing in technology and social media.

FORBES: Career Shift: Turn Your Hobby Into a New Job

British genealogist Anthony Adolph, who was tasked by the Illinois Office of Tourism to find Lincoln connections in Britain, said he was surprised by the number of people who believe they are related to the US president.

BBC: London man 'amazed' to learn of Abraham Lincoln connection