Last night on public TV there was a show "Journey of Man" which
contended that all 6 billion humans are descended from one lucky guy
who lived in Africa about 60,000 years ago.  Who was that lucky guy's
dad?

Hi,
That "lucky guy's" dad was just that....his dad. Evolution does not
occur in noticeable leaps and bounds. It is a very gradual process,
therfore, if one were to travel back in time, one would not notice any
evolutionary difference between "lucky guy" and his dad.
The following link is a concise (if somewhat simplified) explanation
of The Theory of Evolution.
http://www.geocities.com/plecoboy88/Evolution.html
Happy thinking.

The idea that everyone came from a single individual is a bit
misleading: typically they are following not total genetic
contribution, but the inheritance of genes on the Y chromosome, which
gets passed directly through the male line of descent. If two men
leave equal numbers of offspring, but one has only daughters, then his
Y chromosme is permanently lost from future generations. While he has
contributed an equal amoiunt of genes, only the other person will show
up when analysing the Y chromosome.

Thank you both for your comments.  I did read the article about the
theroy of evolution, and as you indicated, it was basic and brief. 
The prime example in that article was the Siamese cat. I have the best
breed of cat, a Bengal, which has only be in existence for about 50
years.  When I behold my cat, it does make me believe in evolution
while simultaneously making me believe in God. I can do this without
any cognitive dissonance just as I can simultaneously believe in both
nture and nurture.

I am excited.  I just received my Genographic kit in the mail.  Turns
out the lucky guy has a name.  It is Adam.  There is also an Eve.  
However, Eve lived about 150,000 years ago.  Funny thing, I always
thought that Adam came first and that they were contemporaries. oh
well, live and learn.  This may help me clarify my question.  Was Adam
a direct descendent of Eve's?  Were they very similar?  Why the 90,000
year difference? And, of course, who was Eve's mama?