Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

---

You are researching your ancestors and suspect your ancestor changed his or her name. Now what?! It happens, and in this video I’m sharing three strategies you can use to sort out their real identity.

// SUBSCRIBE:
✅Be sure to subscribe for more awesomeness! youtube.com/channel/UCejmBcXdgnqcMvkP7ilMJBg/?sub_confirmation=1

//WATCH SIMILAR VIDEOS:
- Create Your Genealogy Timeline Using Google Sheets youtu.be/Gqb4FXuWcKc
- 5 Reasons You Are NOT Finding Your Ancestor's Date of Death youtu.be/N_rH70_E9nU

// FREE RESOURCES

👀👉 Secret Video “Mine Newspaper Gold: Discovering Ancestors' Death Dates: lisalisson.com/mine-newspaper-gold

🌟Can’t find your ancestors in that census record? Grab my FREE 5 Things You CAN Do Census Records: lisalisson.com/census-tips

🌟The Big Genie List is your FREE toolbox full of my favorite genealogy resources, databases and educational opportunities to assist you in the search for your ancestors. Get The Big Genie List here: lisalisson.com/Big-Genie-List

🌟Ready to start researching your ancestor in that cemetery? Grab my FREE cemetery research guide “7 Steps To Your Cemetery Research” and get the most out of your research - lisalisson.com/cemetery-research-steps

Visit the Are You My Cousin? website! lisalisson.com

//🎙️The PODCAST: 🎙️PASSING THE PLATE
The **Passing the Plate** podcast is all about food, traditions, and the wonderful connections they create. Each week, co-hosts Ashley Covelli of "Big Flavors from a Tiny Kitchen" and Lisa Lisson of "Are You My Cousin?" guide you on a flavor-packed adventure. Tune in to dive into family history, explore new cultures and cuisines, and preserve favorite recipes for future generations. Every episode of Passing the Plate guarantees to be a feast for the senses and a celebration of togetherness.

//SHOP MY COURSES!

👉Take a MASTERCLASS: lisalisson.com/everything-page

// ARE YOU MY COUSIN? AFFILIATE PARTNERS

👉 Ancestry.com: lisalisson.com/Ancestry

👉 FindMyPast: lisalisson.com/FindMyPast

👉 MyHeritage: lisalisson.com/myheritage

👉 Legacy Tree Genealogists Coaching legacytree.com/lisalisson

👉 Vivid-Pix: lisalisson.com/Vivid-Pix

👉 Legacy Family Tree Webinars: lisalisson.com/legacyfamilytreewebinars

//COME SAY HI!
Facebook: facebook.com/areyoumycousin
Instagram: instagram.com/areyoumycousin

//ABOUT:
I'm Lisa Lisson, the genealogy expert behind Are You My Cousin?, a website designed to help genealogy researchers around the world grow their family trees without the overwhelm. Through hundreds of genealogy articles, YouTube videos and international speaking opportunities, Lisa shares research strategies and how-to genealogy tutorials. Callisto Media recently published her latest book 100 Questions for Grandma.

Thanks so much for watching! 😀

DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! Thank you for supporting my channel so I can continue to provide you with free content each week!

//CONTACT:
For all subscribers and business inquiries, please use this email: Lisa@LisaLisson.com