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Savannah mentioned her mother Nancy Guthrie\u2019s Irish heritage on Thursday\u2019s episode of the \u201cToday\u201d show \u2014 seven months after Nancy\u2019s disappearance. YouTube\/TODAY<\/p>\nSavannah Guthrie heartbreakingly referred to her missing mother in the past tense on Thursday\u2019s episode of the \u201cToday\u201d show \u2013 seven months into the seemingly-stalled search for Nancy Guthrie.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mother\u2019s family w-, my mother was Irish, her grandmother,\u201d the NBC personality said. \u201cThey were from Galway.\u201d<\/p>\n
Savannah mentioned her mother Nancy Guthrie\u2019s Irish heritage on Thursday\u2019s episode of the \u201cToday\u201d show \u2014 seven months after Nancy\u2019s disappearance. YouTube\/TODAY<\/p>\n
The rest of the hosts grew quiet at the rare reference to Nancy Guthrie, following an animated announcement that the group will be filming a live episode in County Kerry, Ireland.<\/p>\n
The younger Guthrie \u2013 who was seated between Al Roker and Craig Melvin, joined by the rest of their morning show crew \u2013 maintained her smiley and spirited demeanor while making the comment, though she quickly tossed the conversation to Carson Daly, asking him: \u201cYou have some Irish, right?\u201d<\/p>\n
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A source denied that Guthrie\u2019s use of past tense was an acknowledgement of her mother\u2019s death.<\/p>\n
Savannah Guthrie previously lamented that Nancy Guthrie may be dead<\/a> after the 84-year-old\u2019s February abduction from her Arizona home.<\/a><\/p>\n The Pima County Sheriff\u2019s Office called the investigation \u201cactive and ongoing\u201d and told The Post that it was working with the FBI on the case.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cDNA and video analyses remain ongoing, supported by laboratories nationwide. Advances in technology are aiding investigative efforts, and tips continue to be received and reviewed,\u201d the department said in a statement Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n Blood matching Nancy Guthrie\u2019s DNA was found inside the residence<\/a>, and surveillance footage showed a masked and armed individual<\/a> on her porch the morning she disappeared.<\/p>\n Savannah Guthrie\u2019s most recent public acknowledgement of the case was in a heart-wrenching message to Nancy Guthrie\u2019s kidnappers<\/a> on social media in August.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery day, we wake up and try to be strong and go on \u2014 because that\u2019s what our joyful and resilient Mom taught us to do,\u201d she wrote on Instagram.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cBut make no mistake \u2014 our hearts are in ruins.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Savannah](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/savannah-guthrie-mother-nancy-guthrie-140444097.jpg\")
Guthrie\u2019s mother Nancy was reported missing from her Arizona home since February of this year. Nathan Congleton\/NBC via Getty Images<\/p>\n