Alan Autry

When he was on In the Heat of the Night he was contacted by someone from Gene Autry's office. Gene wanted to know if they were related. Alan was a big fan of Gene and had been told by his family as a kid that they were relatives, but they did not know how they were related. Gene decided to have a genealogist check into it.They found that Alan's paternal grandfather and Gene Autry's father were brothers. Alan and Gene got to meet with each other and were friends until Gene's death.

In 1982 Autry met his biological father for the first time.

He is currently in his second term as the Mayor of Fresno, California. He was first elected in the November, 2000 General Election.His first term ran from January 2001 until January 2005.He was re-elected in the March 2, 2004 primary, with over 72 percent of the vote. His second term will run from January, 2005 until January, 2009.