TM, I think it's a great assignment... Sad and wonderful at the same time.
Buddy - yes, I do. Most of them are super fascinating. In fact because of that and Bean I am learning all kinds of things about my family. Mom's side has a couple self-appointed geneaologists (sp?) and so we know quite a lot. Dad's, on the other hand... My Dad's Dad's Dad emigrated from Greece in 1910, and we found out what his REAL first name was just this last year. And when he was born (we'd always guessed). Next step is going to be finding his wife, Grandpa's mother, who ran off or something when my Grandpa was about 5. Although from what I have heard about GGpa, she probably had good reason...
I wish there had been more on the episode about Rob Lowe, he was born in Dayton Ohio...