Grandma's Love for the Theater (with Lisa Elzey and Will Swenson) | Episode 2

05/02/24 • 36 min

Ruth Hale, an icon in Utah theater circles, always dreamed her birth mother was an actress. But it wasn't until her grandson, Tony-nominated actor Will Swenson, took an AncestryDNA test at the urging of my producer, Lisa Elzey, that Ruth's story began to unfold. You won't believe what we uncovered during our five-year journey to solve this family mystery. Listen in as Will reacts to our shocking discovery that proves sometimes our deepest instincts about who we are are written in our DNA.
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05/02/24 • 36 min

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Stories That Live In Us - Grandma's Love for the Theater (with Lisa Elzey and Will Swenson) | Episode 2

Transcript

00:03 - Will Swenson (Guest)
It seemed cosmic, it seemed impossible. It was like it seemed like it was. It could have been a prank that someone was playing on us, because we're this theater family with a, with this crazy theater grandma who always dreamed that her biological mom was, was a famous actress.
00:22 - Crista Cowan (Host)
Stories that Live In Us is a podcast that inspires you to form deep connections with your family, past, present and future. I'm Crista Cowan, known onlin

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