Trivia

Wrote an industry article for the 2nd issue of Film Connection, a free street publication in Seattle in the mid 90s, which was the precursor to MovieMaker magazine.

Half-sister of actress Ana Savoy.

Worked as a temporary hire in the United States Civil Services for U.S. Army Logistics Assistance, Ft. Lewis, Washington USA, during the UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter field & air trials and within the private sector aerospace industry with a metal fatigue testing contractor for military tactical jets such as the F-16, F-18 and F-22 as well as commercial aircraft.

Her late mother Sharon Kay (Byrd) Camarco, nicknamed "Miss Jerri", was a renown horse trainer from Texas who instructed United States Marine Corps mounted police patrol units at Camp H.M. Smith (Oahu-Hawaii), embedded with the USMC mounted fence line patrol units at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and trained/managed the USMC Barstow (California) Command's matching palomino mustangs used in the USMC Mounted Color Guard's public appearances. Sharon was the 1st known female civilian to train military mounted patrols under the U.S. Dept. of Defense (now renamed the U.S Dept. of War).

Her late father, Lynel Savoy, was a bell helmet salvage diver in Freeport, Texas who survived 2 near fatal diving incidents and later provided security for a U.S. oil exploration team and was one of only two survivors of that company's helicopter crash in the Amazon jungle.

5th Cousin (4 times removed) to Rear Admiral USN Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957) decorated American polar explorer and aviator.

8th Great-Granddaughter of François Joseph Savoie, (1622-1678) of Port Royal, Acadia (now Nova Scotia), allegedly a "lost" Prince-in-exile from the 1000-year-old royal dynasty House of Savoie ~ owners of the Shroud of Turin for 530 years in Italy, in which Acadian genealogists are divided on if François' royal lineage is a spurious claim or not. There is much circumstantial evidence to support this theory which originated from François' deathbed confession. DNA cross-matching of François Savoie's descendants does show relation to the House of Bourbon, which married into the House of Savoie. What is historically documented and agreed upon by most Acadian genealogists is François Joseph Savoie is the progenitor of the Acadian (Cajun) Savoies/Savoys of Nova Scotia, Canada and America.

5th Great-Granddaughter of James Hope (1775-1833) one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colonists, the first English settlers of the Texas territory.

27th Great-Granddaughter of Sir Charlton Hugo (l'Oise) Le Bird, a Norman knight and skilled falconer (hence his surname), who fought alongside William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, and settled in England. He is believed to be the progenitor of the landed gentry of the Byrds of Broxton, England and the Byrds of Westover, a First Family of Virginia, United States.

7th Great-Granddaughter of Sir John Keeling (1607-1671) Lord Chief Justice of the House of Commons, of the King's Bench, England, under King Charles II. Keeling is mentioned in "The Diary of Samuel Pepys" as well as inspired the character, Judge Hate-Good in John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress".

4th Great-Granddaughter of Thomas Gay (1805-1839), one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colonists, the first English settlers of the Texas territory and memorialized Texan who fought in the Battle of San Jacinto during the Texas Revolution against General Antonio López de Santa Anna's army. While a Texas Ranger, he was killed at the Battle of Bird Creek, Texas ~ End-of-Watch May 26, 1839.

8th Cousin (once removed) of Pulitzer Prize winner American novelist Upton Sinclair (1878-1968).

Former military spouse (USAF).

In 2014, after a discussion with a medical professional familiar with patients on the autism spectrum, Lea tested and discovered she has 30% of the marked traits for what was formerly known as Asperger's Syndrome, very likely a result of a trauma-induced birth at over 8 weeks premature.

3rd Great Grand-Niece of William Leander Byrd (1844-1915) who served as Governor of the Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma from 1888-1894. He was born to Caucasian father John Byrd and of 1/16 indigenous descent from his mother Mary B. Moore, raised within the Chickasaw Nation. After his governorship, he served as the Chickasaw Nation delegate to Washington, D.C.

8th Cousin, once removed, to Pope Leo XIV, who was selected on May 8, 2025 as the first American Pope and the first known pontiff to have Acadian/Creole ancestry.

23rd Great Granddaughter of Elizabeth Fitzhugh (b. 1194) who married David le Bird (b. 1187) of England, Cheshire, Nantwich. The Fitzhugh family descends from King of Sweden Ingjaldr hinn illráði Anundsson (b. 660) last of the Yngling succession of kings, King of Norway Hálfdan "Whiteshanks" Olafsson (b. 704), King Hálfdan "the Mild" Hvitbeinn (b. 775) first king of the Scyldingas (the Danish royal clan), King of Norway Gudrød "the Hunter" Halfdansson, (b. 785), and Rollo Hrólfr "the Walker" (b. 860), first ruler of Normandy. These Vikings leaders claimed direct lineage from the mythologized Norse god-kings Odin, Njörðr de Noatun "the Rich" Vanir and Yngvi-Freyr from the legendary Yngling kings of the Royal House of Uppsala, Sweden.