Edward wrote in his memoirs of the New York 1924 tournament as published in the March 1974 edition of Chess Life magazine: "I did not discover that we were actually related until he (Emanuel Lasker) told me shortly before his death that someone had shown him a Lasker family tree on one of whose branches I was dangling."
Edward Lasker escribiu nas súas memorias do Torneo de Nova York de 1924, publicadas en marzo de 1974 na edición da revista Chess Life: "Non descubrín se eramos realmente parentes ata que el (Emanuel Lasker) me dixo pouco antes da súa morte que alguén lle mostrou a árbore da familia Lasker, nunha de cuxas ramas estaba eu."