Denver’s Amelia Earhart, a traffic reporter for KUSA, has always claimed a distant family relationship with her namesake. She admitted Friday they’re not related.
We’ve always known it was a stretch — and previous Denver Post stories about KUSA’s Amelia Earhart have taken pains to note she never explored the genetics of her claim to be related to the famous aviatrix and was only descended from some sort of “common ancestry.” Earhart announced on her Facebook page Friday that she’s not related to her namesake.
The 9News reporter posted:
“I had the understanding that we shared a distant common ancestry. … As many of you may know, I am in the process of re-creating her historic flight around the world. … I learned today that though we share a name and a love of flight, the first Amelia Earhart and I are not from the same family.”
