She is my 12th cousin, once removed - I have always followed any news on her. Someone was operating a ham radio when AE may have gone down and heard a woman come across the airwaves. There was something about a man who may have had a head injury and speculation that it was AE on that channel. Then there was something about her in a Japanese prison camp and then something about her plane being found several years ago - we will probably never know.
Sounds like 12th cousin permanently removed.