So the Dr. Oz Global Family Reunion is all set. They're recording an intro segment on Monday, and then I'll be in the studio with Dr. Oz on Wednesday. The show won't air for a couple of weeks after that.
So that's the good news.
The challenging news: They want to surprise a couple of Dr. Oz staff members by revealing how they are related to Dr. Oz. They had all the staff fill out forms with their grandparents info and any famous ancestors. I'm pasting them below.
I figure they only need two or three to actually connect to Dr. Oz.
Since the show tapes Wednesday, they're asking for the info by Monday.
I'm so sorry for the late notice, but they just sent it to me.
Let me know if anyone's up for the challenge.
Thanks as always for your amazing work. And I'll make clear to them that it was the crack research team who made the connections.
NAME Grandparents / Date of Birth
Adam Centrella
1. Evangeline Georgas 6/28/24
2. Berthold Quasnovsky 5/11/13
3. Michael Centrella 9/9/38
4. Paula Tagatac 8/19/35
Andrea D'Ambrosio
Vincent Guerrieri – Feb 3, 1903
Lena Scala Guerrieri – Dec 6, 1906
Francesco D’Ambrosio – September 25, 1908
Rose Scalera D’Ambrosio – Dec 18, 1908
Anne Scalici
LOUISA BARTOLOTTI (maiden name Sepe) 3/2/31
PETER ALFRED BARTOLOTTI 9/1/21
Ayelet Daniel
Martin Novack - October 9th, 1930
Fay Nazimowitz - April 6th, 1934
Edgar Daniel - July 15th, 1908
Marianne Fein - September 16th, 1921
Brooke Jacobsen
SHIRLEY JACOBSEN - 7/19/20
HERBERT JACOBSEN - 10/21/19
ELAINE ERENSTEIN - 12/27/33
MORTON ERENSTEIN - 5/24/30
Christian Stone
Dad’s side:
Hazel Marguerite Kendrick 03/20/1905
Raymond Leeds Stone 10/25/1893
Mom’s side:
Thelma Ruby Lane 12/21/1925
James Curtis Salter 08/12/1923
Gillian Kaye
Mother’s Side
Martin Berman: 12/20/1919
Marianne Berman (maiden name: Nitlich): 05/21/1926
Father’s Side
Carole Kaye (maiden name: Golison): 05/24/1933
Paul Littman: I don’t know dob but he is a few years older than Carole
Barry Kaye: 02/23/1928
Jaclyn Barth
Herman Schrager
1/2/29
Dorothy Schrager (maiden name Bagner)
8/27/29
Jerome Barth
4/3/29
Irene Barth (maiden name Diamond)
1/16/32
Janell Johnson
Mom’s side:
Donald Ray Reese 10/04/1929
Jenna Lee “June” Falls Reese 03/08/1931
Dad’s side:
James R. Johnson 09/17/1922
Mary Marcus Johnson 10/20/1922
Jessie Assimon
Maternal grandparents
Stephen Pell Beckwith 4/27/23
Elizabeth Dudash Beckwith (birth certificate says Elizabeth Marie Dudas --no "h") 2/18/29
Paternal grandparents
Peter Gust Assimon 9/26/25
Stamatoula Assimon (birth certificate says Stamatoula William Duskas) 3/4/28
Paternal great-grandfather
Costantinos Zgoris March 1895
My paternal family is from the northern part of Greece near Turkey so you never know…
Jon Coniglio
My Mom’s Parents:
James Michael McHale
DOB: July 26, 1917
Place of Birth: Bronx, NY
Renate Kleisser
DOB: April 4, 1922
Place of Birth: Essen, Germany
My Dad’s Parents:
Vincent Coniglio
DOB: January 20, 1900
Place of Birth: New York City
Anna Cickie or Kuretza (She used Cickie on marriage certificate but new info indicates it may be Kuretza. Long story)
DOB: March 5, 1916
Place of Birth: Kentucky
Julia Fought
Julia Reeves (Patton) - 1/20/1920
Rueben Reeves - 10/3/1922
Cathrine Fought (Downs) - 8/2/1926
Oran Fought - 9/27/1915
Lauren Pacheco
Jan. 1, 1912: Zebulon Vance Sharpe
Aug. 7, 1915: Zelda Belle Austin Sharpe
September 9, 1895: Herbert Lester Bright
March 30, 1896:Gertrude Lillian Smith Bright
Libby Tracey
> Joseph Anthony Hamelin, DOB 3/22/34
Elisabeth Tracey 6/23/1988 Tomoko Yamaguchi, DOB 10/12/31
Dennis H. Tracey, Jr. (12/28/25)
Mary Lunney (Tracey) (2/19/28)
Lisa Cohen
JEANETTE SHAW (CURRENT LAST NAME: RODMAN)
JUNE 6TH 1938
ANTON (OR ANTHONY) RODMAN
OCTOBER 30TH 1935
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
GAYLE ELAINE FRIEDMAN(FORMERLY COHEN; CURRENT LAST NAME: ZINGERMAN )
DECEMBER 9TH 1939
DONALD COHEN (DECEASED)
Nicole Romanella
Maria Masciarelli Critelli 9/6/1931
Anthony James Critelli 4/18/1930
Pasquale Romanella 2/12/1934
Angelina Porpiglia Romanella 2/6/1937
Sara Miller
Rosa Meyers – 4/28/36
Bernard Meyers – 6/9/31
Beverly Miller – 12/22/28
Sam Miller – 8/2/17
Sarah Polite
Margaret Blanche Pyle
8/19/19
Elmer Lawrence Polite
8/1/22
Hilary Berk
Mary Benzilio 1/10/18
Irving Belsky 5/22/15
Herman Berk (Born with the name Berkowitz) 3/31/1921
Rose Solomon 8/22/1919
Samantha Lazarus
Lewis Braff 1/23/26
Sylvia Eisenberg Braff 1/29/27
Eli Lazarus 8/18/18
Bernice Shapiro Lazarus 8/28/20
Sophie Clarke
Julian Leonard Bullard born 8 March 1928
Margaret Ruth Alleyn Stephens born 5 June 1929
Edwin Thurston Clarke born 25 June 1894
Nancy Bruff born 15 November 1909
Sophie Ludel
Dads Side –
Corinne Esther Goldberg (maiden name – changed her last name to Ludel when she married), 7/23/1919
William Ludel 12/1918
Mom’s Side--
George Cohen 3/14/1922
Gloria Leah Herman (maiden name – changed her last name to Cohen when she married), 12/30/1927
Stephanie Makowski
Marie Makowski, 12/26/1923
Thomas W. Makowski, 7/19/1927
Ann D’Angelico, 12/25/19XX ??
Jacamo D’Angelico, no idea L sorry!
