Podcasts by CutOff Genes Podcast

CutOff Genes: Episode 808: Revisiting the Roundheads from 2023-12-04T04:41

• Finally, an answer as to who the Roundheads were....
• Phillipa Langley and the Princes in the Tower
• A case from the Genetic Genealogy trenches
• Final installment o...
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CutOff Genes: Episode 807: Where Did Bam-Bam Come From? from 2023-11-13T02:41

• Rosie O'Donnell's adoption convo with Angela Tucker
• Seventy year old man discovers that he was switched at birth
• Julie continues "walking in the footsteps of her Ancestor...
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Cutoff Genes: Episode 806: Are the Round Heads related to the Fat Faces? from 2023-10-29T23:48

• New Ancestry features and updates
• What we want people to know about being adopted
• King Tut and his girlish hips
• Julie continues walking in the footsteps of her a...
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CutOff Genes: Episode 805: Bob's Your Uncle from 2023-10-16T02:37

• Kerry Washington's MPE discovery
• 23&me's troubling data hack
• Michael Oher and "The Blind Side" revelations
• Julie continues "Walking in the Footsteps of her Ances...
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CutOff Genes: Episode 804: Unpacking York and Cheshire from 2023-10-01T22:00

Julie digs deeper into her month long adventure walking in the footsteps of her Ancestors in the UK!

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CutOff Genes: Episode 803: Yawright? from 2023-09-17T22:07

• Thanks for you patience while Julie was off on her adventure!  In this episode we unpack what it was like meeting her brother for the first time (ever) and start sharing their adventures "...
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CutOff Genes: Episode 802: Valerie Naiman is in the House! from 2023-08-06T22:28

Enjoy this conversation with Adoptee/Author Valerie Naiman.

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CutOff Genes: Episode 801: We Faked it Til We Maked It from 2023-07-24T01:32

• How legal is first cousin marriages in the United States?
• The Curious Case of Natalia Grace- Deep Dive
• Julie shares her upcoming plans to fulfill a life long ambition.  Listen

CutOff Genes: Episode 712: Keep Your Cockles Out Of This from 2023-06-18T22:22

- AI explains common Genealogy myths

 - Chrissy Tiegen spirals about identical twin mystery

- Bereavement benefits for Adoptees- when are we allowed to grieve?    

- Storyti...

CutOff Genes: Episode 711: Not to Beat a Dead Course..... from 2023-06-04T19:53

Review of the movie "The Lost King" @thelostkingmovie

Trenches- Julie reviews past correspondence with biological parents and tips for how to reach out

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CutOff Genes: Episode 710: No Pun Intended from 2023-05-22T00:05

• Surreptitious DNA collection?
• Fighting Fertility Fraud with H.R. 451 and how you can help
• Escaped convict (for double murder) reinvents himself and lives a model life as ...
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CutOff Genes: Episode 709: My Course, My Course, My Kingdom for a Course from 2023-05-07T19:24

• Bosworth Field: The Irony of going from a riderless horse to a driverless car
• Do Biological Parents have a right to your silence?
• Trenches: Maltese DNA
• Mind The ...
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CutOff Genes: Episode 708: Beethoven's Fifth....Lock of Hair? from 2023-04-23T22:45

• Ancestry's new feature...don't use it
• Warning- if you have son's in college
• The literal price tag that comes with adoption
• Shocking revelations about Beethoven a...
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CutOff Genes: Episode 707: A Little Bit Culty from 2023-04-09T17:11

• "The Ten Commandments" is an Adoption story
• Scotland becomes the third country to apologize for Forced Adoption practices
• Julie procures Dual Citizenship- notices a legal...
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CutOff Genes: Episode 706: Do We Exist In A Waacum? from 2023-03-26T23:32

• Julie recaps the 2023 i4gg Conference
• The power of celebrity adoptees sharing the truth about their lived experience
• Part 2 of my conversation with author Peter J Boni wh...
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CutOff Genes: Episode 705: Revisiting with Betsy H. from 2023-03-12T22:14

• In this week's special episode we revisit the time (4 years ago) that Betsy Hadden and I sat on her back porch and talked about her Adoption and Reunion Story.

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CutOff Genes: Episode 704: The Duke of Patty from 2023-02-26T21:07

• You can own a lock of royal hair- for a price.  
• Listen as Julie briefly loses her mind and forgets how Prince Phillip was related to The Romanovs
• Adoption fraud inspires...
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CutOff Genes: Episode 703: Invasion of the Body Snatchers? from 2023-02-13T03:08

• Entire body donations - discuss.....
• Don't be fooled by "outliers"
• Julie's day at the LA County Archives
• Part 2 of storytime with Lynn Grubb

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CutOff Genes: Episode 702: That's What I Call a Smoking Gun... from 2023-01-29T20:58

- Wierd things that happen at Julie's house

- Dr Phil's tone deaf response to DNA Surprises

- Trenches: A listener case reveals some shocking facts

- Storytime- Lynn Grubb (...

CutOff Genes: Episode 701: Not So Fast Julia! from 2023-01-15T21:20

Welcome to Season 7

- Trove needs your help https://www.change.org/p/fully-fund-trove

- Julia Roberts joins the NPE communi...

CutOff Genes: Bonus Holiday ReRun Episode 2: Digging FURTHER Into The Thing from 2022-12-26T20:12

Here's your bonus rerun episode from four and a half years ago

If you'd like to keep revisiting them we will be posting them as bonus episodes on our Patreon 

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CutOff Genes: Episode 700: We're in Reruns from 2022-12-11T23:54

- In this very special episode we are harkening back to our very first episode from May 2018.  

For those of you who just started listening beyond the first season, give this a listen.  Y...

CutOff Genes: Episode 612B (Bonus): Getting Hyper with the Vigilant Lora K Joy from 2022-11-27T22:05

- In this bonus Season 12 Episode we have the all important third part of my conversation with Adoptee/Author Lora K Joy.  

- I highly recommend her books "Nobody Looks Like Me", "Self-At...

CutOff Genes: Episode 612: Is That From The Flintstones? from 2022-11-13T18:11

- Julie's concerning search for her own Marriage Certificate

- More Somerton Man news

- Trenches: Red Flags from a self professed Genealogist

- Talking about Orphan Trains Listen

CutOff Genes: Episode 611: Trigger Warning- All Of The Things... from 2022-10-30T18:13

- Texas school DNA tests

- Intriguing Death Certificates

- Trenches: Julie's Vital Records Mystery

- Storytime with Author and Adoptee @LoraKJoy

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CutOff Genes: Episode 610: This Haboob is Giving Me VPL from 2022-10-16T18:53

- Amazing Race Twins- DNA for the win

- I am that kid TOO

- Amplifying adoptee voices

- Part 3 of Storytime with Sandi S!

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CutOff Genes: Episode 609: The Body Remembers from 2022-10-02T20:46

- DNA testing and lazy canine owners

- Thru-lines on Ancestry providing clues to connections

-  Book Nook

- DNA solves medievel murder mystery

- Part 2 of storytime w...

CutOff Genes: Episode 608: Perhaps You Haven't Heard about the Queen from 2022-09-18T20:52:27

- Upcoming changes to our Patreon Page

- Re-emergence of Charles and Camilla "love child"

- Correcting Social Media misinformation about DNA testing!

- Story Time with liste...

CutOff Genes: Episode 607: The Gift-Horse is Coming to Town from 2022-09-04T20:14:06

- Guest co-host Amy Perkins sits in with @joolsjackson- madness ensues

- Casual cruelty experienced by Adult Adoptees on Social Media

- Reckoning With the Primal Wound comes to @Ca...

CutOff Genes: Episode 606: I'm Suing LifeSavers for False Advertising from 2022-08-21T21:06:54

- The science behind infant/mother separation trauma

- The U.S. Private Infant Adoption Industry compared to the rest of the world

- From the trenches: When all your DNA matches ar...

CutOff Genes: Episode 605: Oh Somerton Man! from 2022-08-07T21:07:11

- Finally an update on Somerton Man- and more questions...

- Ancestry rolls out "Chromosome Painter"- does it help?

- Amy Ulrich (friend of the show) returns with an update of her ...

CutOff Genes: Ep 604: Celebrities-They're Just Like Us from 2022-07-24T19:24:14

- When relatable things happen to public figures

- CeCe Moore's novel approach to difficult IGG cases

- Is something happening in the JonBenet Ramsey case?

- Book Nook 2.0 Listen

CutOff Genes: Episode 603: Drastic Measures from 2022-07-10T20:36:02

- How is DNA being used to ID Stolen Babies

- DNA testing for babies born in a post Roe V Wade era?

- Renewed Book Nook

- Epic Odyssey with @emmastevensgatheringplace author of The...

CutOff Genes: Episode 602: I Was About To Make A Tap-Dancing Joke from 2022-06-26T23:17:55

- The ID of a murdered couple from 50 years ago leads to a living child

- FOG is an acronym

- Trenches: Identifying living relatives from a listener's 6X G Grandparents

- Pa...

CutOff Genes: Episode 601: Richard Couldn't Bee Any More Excited from 2022-06-12T22:34:39

- The problem with Find A Grave

- Trenches: Adoptee Kristi 

- Storytime with @theadoptedchameleon Lorah Gerald

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CutOff Genes: Episode 513Bonus: It Wasn't My Rug... from 2022-05-29T18:28:48

- Bonus episode with a couple of updates and the Grande Finale of my conversation with Cynthia (from Michigan)...

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CutOff Genes: Episode 512: Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud from 2022-05-15T19:09:04

- Thoughts on the words "domestic supply of infants" - What if your relatives "weren't home" during the 1950 Census? - Trenches: Never assume that the tree attached to a DNA match is correct- do yo...

CutOff Genes: Episode 511: Are You Two Whales Trying to Find Your Porpoise? from 2022-05-01T21:50:59

- Ancestry DNA's New "Side View" Feature

- Eve Sturges (friend of the show) has written and published  "Who Even Am I Anymore?"

- Trenches: When women lost their Citizenship becaus...

CutOff Genes: Episode 510: Do I Sound a Little Hoarse? from 2022-04-17T21:05:58

-@joolsjackson attempts to recap hilights of i4GG/22 through some serious post conference brain fog

- Story time with listener "Cynthia"...

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CutOff Genes: Episode 509: It Was Greek To Her from 2022-04-03T21:12:22

- Continuing our discussion about advocating for Adoption Reform. How Important is Identity?

- Cowboy Love-Child

- Adoptee is directed to wrong Birth Mother

- Storytime (Par...

CutOff Genes: Episode 508: Everybody Needs to Simmer Down from 2022-03-20T22:35:28

- How did the police ID Shari Papini's accomplice?

- Julie admits that her thoughts on Adoption Reform have evolved

- Story-time with Cassandra Adams

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CutOff Genes: Episode 507: Dr Wortman is No Tom Selleck from 2022-03-06T23:00:35

- Fertility Fraud strikes again

- The genealogical benefits of Find A Grave

- Here comes the 1950 Census and how you can help

- Trenches: Murderers, Russian Oligarchs and Legendary...

CutOff Genes: Episode 506: Beckoning to the Reckoning from 2022-02-20T20:37:53

- Things to know about how DNA kits are labelled - When a biological relative is a murderous psychopath - Trenches- finding listener Sandra's grandfather

- Rebecca Autumn Sansom talks about her ...

CutOff Genes: Episode 505: Trauma Begets Trauma from 2022-02-07T00:26:45

- Tips for tracking your African American ancestors

- Adoptee's response to people who use them as poster children for the abortion debate

- Be careful who you hire to help you in ...

CutOff Genes: Ep 504: Rich's Stalker from 2022-01-23T19:12:21

- Ancestry's new interface

- Belgian Princess update

- Artifact DNA solves century old mystery

- Story-time with Dawn Kosmakos

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CutOff Genes: Episode 503: You've Come A Long Way Babies from 2022-01-10T00:30

- Iowa Original Birth Certificates now available to Adoptees- maybe!

- What happens when biological parents marry and have more children

- The "Baby Box" lady

- Part 3 of st...

CutOff Genes: Episode 502: You May Want To Edit This Out from 2021-12-27T00:30

- A good news DNA connection with a sad beginning

- Why Adoption is not always appropriate and why the truth needs to be told

- Part 2 of my conversation with @miskapishka Michele ...

CutOff Genes: Episode 501: The Truth is in Your Levi-Strauss from 2021-12-13T00:30

- Get it?  501?  I'm here all week....welcome to Season 5

- A mammoth discovery in the abyss

- Family Search digitization clarification

- We discuss "48 Hours- What Happened...

CutOff Genes- Season 4 BONUS Episode! from 2021-11-25T20:34:39

-Happy Thanksgiving.  Please be mindful of what this holiday means for Native Americans.

-Part 2 of my conversation with Daryn Watson of adoptionreunioncoach.com 

-Season 5 starts ...

CutOff Genes:Episode 412: Yes! Brown Eyed Parents Can Have Blue Eyed Babies! from 2021-11-15T00:30

- A happy story from "The Trenches"

- Cal Penn's DNA tattoo debacle

- Switched before birth: IVF lab mixup

- Story-time with Reunion Coach Daryn Watson

- For help wit...

CutOff Genes:Episode 411: It's A No Bones Day from 2021-10-31T23:30

- Ground-breaking Genetic Genealogy events in the past week

- Netflix Documentary "Found"

- From the trenches- Julie attempts to reunite the families of 6 siblings who lost their p...

CutOff Genes: Episode 410: Tik Tok- But Not From Oz from 2021-10-17T23:30

- Sometimes we connect with siblings before parents

- The work of the child- navigating new step-mothers

- Another celebrity MPE

- Part 2 of my conversation with author Mega...

CutOff Genes: Episode 409: It's Not TruLines...it's ThruLines.... from 2021-10-03T23:30

- Adoption/MPE/NPE in TV storylines

- "The Lost Sons" on CNN

- Family Search completes digitization of Microfilm

- Revisiting Ancestry DNA's "ThruLines"- thanks @thednageek<...

CutOff Genes: Episode 408: Betty, Please..... from 2021-09-19T23:30

- Which license plate won?

- Digitally mapping every grave in England

- The real "Roe" baby

- Part 2 of Brian Stanton's @ghostkingdom Epic Odyssey

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CutOff Genes: Episode 407: Fingernails and Blood from 2021-09-05T23:30

- Is Ancestry on the verge of providing a Chromosome Browser?

- Trenches: The disappearing birthmother

- Extra Epic Epic Odyssey- Brian Stanton of Listen

CutOff Genes: Episode 406: Our Magic Google Box from 2021-08-22T23:30

- Real Housewives Gen Genie connection

- Surrogacy and DNA

- Death Certificate lessons

- A listener/client trench story

- Part 2 of Holly's Epic Odyssey

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CutOff Genes: Episode 405: This Whole Thing Sounds X-Rated from 2021-08-08T23:30

- @castlesongs dodges a bullet

- @joolsjackson discovers a celestial story about an ancestor

- Review: Reckoning With The Primal Wound: A Documentary

- How Joni Mitchell's e...

CutOff Genes: Episode 404: Lily and Leonardo from 2021-07-25T23:30

- Julie watched "The Magdalene Sisters" movie

- Leonardo Da Vinci's lineage project update

- Woman arrested in 2007 murder of her newborn baby

- Part 3 of Christy Jacob's ex...

CutOff Genes: Episode 403: Rolling Stones Gather No Maus from 2021-07-11T23:30

-Trauma induced memory loss

- What were Magdalene Laundries?

- Book Nook- Guild Of The Infant Savior

- When a name sounds different than it's spelling

-Part 2 of Chri...

CutOff Genes: Episode 402B: Gateway To The West from 2021-07-04T23:30

Special Independence Day Episode!

- Part 1 of NPE Christy Jacobs' Epic Odyssey

- New FULL episode next week

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CutOff Genes: Episode 402: All About The GG from 2021-06-20T23:30

- Does your "taster" allele inform your immunity to Covid?

- @joolsjackson does a deep dive on "Somerton Man"

- What if your bio parent is also adopted?

- Tiffany Clark talk...

CutOff Genes: Episode 401: The One With The Raccoons from 2021-06-06T23:30

- Welcome to Season Four

- Good News for Adoptees from CT

- Colorado Cold Case solved- with a twist

- From the trenches- unexpected reaction from a third cousin

- Sto...

CutOff Genes: Episode 312: Inventing the Bjorges from 2021-05-09T23:30

- A chance to solve the "Boy In The Box" case

- From the trenches: truth is always stranger than fiction

- Part 2 of my conversation with BK Jackson from @severancemag

- Las...

CutOff Genes: Episode 311: Gen Genie Nation from 2021-04-25T23:30

- A dramatic discovery at a Chinese wedding

- From the trenches- post discovery discoveries

- Epic Odyssey with BK Jackson from @severancemag 

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CutOff Genes: Episode 310: All About Eve Sturges...again! from 2021-04-11T23:30

In this crossover episode with the "Everything's Relative" host,  @joolsjackson talks with @evesturges about the discoveries she has made after four hours of analysis of Eve's Ancestry DNA resul...

CutOff Genes: Episode 309: From The Ditches from 2021-03-28T23:30

- Don't be intimidated by "legal" threats

- Unplanned babies have "attachment" issues

- Don't be fooled by coincidence!!

- Part 2 of Cory Goodrich's Epic Odyssey

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CutOff Genes: Episode 308: Deep Diving Diggle from 2021-03-14T23:30

- An Adoptee's DNA reveals murder

- Father gains custody of his biological daughter

- Book Nook- American Baby by Gabrielle Glaser

- Epic Odyssey with Cory Goodrich

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CutOff Genes: Episode 307: One Night In Shepherd's Bush from 2021-03-01T00:30

- The love a father who never questioned his daughter's racial ambiguity

- A story from "the trenches" that revealed more than just the identity of a biological mother

- Final part...

CutOff Genes: Episode 306: Native American Trenches from 2021-02-15T00:30

- Rich has a slippery encounter

-  Follow-up on angry bio father response

-  The trouble with Cherokee DNA

- "Trench" story with a Native American twist

- Part 3 of J...

CutOff Genes: Episode 305: CVS Skunk Lady from 2021-02-01T00:30

- Adoptive mothers, daughters and their hair

- Stories from the Gen Genie Trenches

- Part 2 of Jessica Stavena's Epic Odyssey

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Cutoff Genes: Episode 47: Criminy! How Do We Do It? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

- More ethical quandaries regarding DNA retrieval - Succinct instructions to share your Ancestry DNA results - Why it's SO important to expand your genetic family tree up, out and down -David Minic...

Episode 25 Teaser! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Here's a sneak peak of my interview with listener Stacey Jaros.  She has her very own Epic Odyssey.

Cutoff Genes: Episode 24: This Story-Time Is "Intents" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

-The DNA of "A Star Is Born" -Finally- a company that will pay you for your DNA- sort of -A new book about Nature V Nurture -My week in Y-DNA -Mayhem in the Australian Goldfields - Be sure to Subsc...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 23: You're A Good Mother- And A Bad Housekeeper from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

- What DNA taught Muhammad Ali's family about their history -Mirror Trees V Quick and Dirty: What's the difference? -Why is someone 60% French is only one parent is French? -It's an Epic Odyssey of...

CutOff Genes: Episode 304: Capitol Crud from 2021-01-18T00:30

- Are authorities extracting DNA from excrement deposited in the Capitol?

- Gedmatch has new TOS

- Irish report spurs a national "apology"

- Tales from the trenches and list...

CutOff Genes: Episode 303: All Bits Must Be Done! from 2021-01-04T00:30

- Happy New Year

- Many movie themes relatable to adoptees and NPEs

- 23andme "traits"- underwhelming

- Beware the Mennonites

- From the trenches....

- Part 3 ...

CutOff Genes: Episode 302: Christmas, Actually from 2020-12-21T00:30

- Merry Holidays

- Twins separated at birth

-  News about the GSK case and DNA

- NY kidnapping victim identified by daughter's DNA

- Part 2 of storytime with Ed DeGan...

CutOff Genes: Episode 301: I Don't Know What My Refrigerator CRISPR Does... from 2020-12-07T00:30

- It's legal to smoke your turkey

- Integrated Birth Certificates- finally!

- The importance of a basic health history

- Scientists have ID'd genes known to be resistant to ...

CutOff Genes: Episode 212: D Is For Donor from 2020-11-02T00:30

- DNA updates in the news

- Are children separated at the border being funneled to De Vos connected adoption group?

- Revisiting adoptee convinced father was the Zodiac Killer

CutOff Genes: Episode 211: DNA Diva from 2020-10-18T23:30

- The gift of your own medical history

- New England adopted brothers hit the motherlode of siblings

- Part 2 of Cassondra Cooper's Epic Odyssey

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CutOff Genes: Episode 210: Betty Buckley Come On Down from 2020-10-04T23:00

- Overview of the DAR and other lineage based groups

- Tips for tackling French-Canadian DNA

- Mindless banter

- Story-time with Cassondra Cooper (Part 1)

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CutOff Genes: Episode 209: DNA and DAR from 2020-09-20T23:30

- Scotland-Gate

- DAR changes in DNA proof

- Part 2 of Jennifer Hodge Moniello's ground breaking Epic Odyssey

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CutOff Genes: Episode 208: A Glitch In The Matrix from 2020-09-06T23:30

- DNA in the news!

- A seeming glitch at 23andme

- From the trenches- the long game

- Jennifer Hodge Moniello shares her ground breaking Epic Odyssey

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CutOff Genes: Episode 207: Oprah, Where Are You? from 2020-08-23T23:30

- A few glitches in Ancestry's new segment notifications

- Ethnicity, Race and the difference

- Epic Odyssey Update with Lori Wagner Knisely 

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CutOff Genes: Episode 206: Threatening- But Par for the Course from 2020-08-09T23:30

- The kindness of our listeners

- New strides toward Birth Certificate equality

- From the trenches: the perils of reaching out to strangers

- Grand Finale of listener Liset...

CutOff Genes: Episode 205: Please Don't Bring Me Flowers from 2020-07-26T23:30

- GEDmatch data hack

- Nature V Nurture and racism

- Discoveries in @castlesongs tree

- AncestryDNA match changes

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CutOff Genes: Episode 204: Pole Dancing and Pretend Psychologists from 2020-07-12T23:30

- Face Blindness

- A DNA test to differentiate between twins

- Dr Laura Schlessinger offers horrific advice to an NPE

- Part 2 of story time with listener Lisette 

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CutOff Genes: Episode 203: Mouth to Leaf Resuscitation from 2020-06-28T23:30

- Secrets from "The Genetic Detective"

- Common genealogy "red flags"

- Epic Odyssey with listener Lisette.

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CutOff Genes: Episode 202: Equality from 2020-06-14T23:30

- Where we stand and where we kneel

- @castlesongs stretches his research wings

- Rehoming your adoptee

- Part 2 of my conversation with Shane Bouel

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CutOff Genes: Episode 201: The Littlest Hobo- But Human from 2020-05-31T23:30

- We're back for Season 2

- Memorial Day and Genealogy

- Thoughts on "The Genetic Detective"

- Storytime with Shane Bouel

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CutOff Genes: Episode 100: Finally Face To Face from 2020-05-10T23:00

- We've made it to 100 episodes.  To celebrate we had a zoom call with my brother Rob Fisher....

Thank you for all the love and support.  This marks the end of Season 1....Season 2 will b...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 99: Libby Copeland Speaks from 2020-05-03T23:00

- Author of "The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are", Libby Copeland spends the entire episode talking to @joolsjackson

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CutOff Genes: Episode 98: Happy In My Ears from 2020-04-26T19:57:06

- Rich ventures to Costco

- From the trenches- so many trenches

- Part 2 of the Jesus DNA recap

- Bonnie Wade Mucia finishes up her story time

CutOff Genes: Episode 97: Can I Put My Mask In Your Reliquary? from 2020-04-19T23:30

- More Isolation banter

- From the trenches

- Searching for DNA in ancient relics to identify Jesus

- Bonnie Wade Mucia tells us a story!

CutOff Genes: Episode 96: Isocialization from 2020-04-12T23:30

- Masks

- 23andme's Covid19 Study

- From the trenches

- Book Nook

- Part 2 of Drew Dalzell's Epic Odyssey

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CutOff Genes: Episode 95: A Whole New World from 2020-04-05T23:00

- Our new normal- recording remotely from one another

- Stories "from the trenches"

- Part 1 of Story Time with Drew Dalzell

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CutOff Genes: Episode 94: Rich's Results from 2020-03-29T23:30

- A preliminary analysis of @castlesongs DNA results

- Sites and Sounds of RootsTech

- Google Earth for Graves

- Story Time with Cathi Nelson

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CutOff Genes: Episode 93: Bedlam from 2020-03-22T23:00

- Ceremonial naming of our "studio plant"

-Census transcriptions and tidbits

- From the trenches....

- Father fights for custody ...

CutOff Genes: Episode 92: Cassandra Homes In On RootsTech from 2020-03-15T23:30

- @joolsjackson downloads her experience at RootsTech 2020

*This week's interview has been removed

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CutOff Genes: Episode 91: Think About What You Just Said from 2020-03-08T23:30

- MyHeritage in color

- Cold Case murderers are scared to death

- Using Genetic Genealogy to repatriate our fallen heroes

- Who's buried underneath London?

-Part 2 of...

CutOff Genes: Episode 90: Beulah, Peel Me A Grape from 2020-03-02T00:00

- What you should call your grandparent's siblings- or sibling's grandchildren

- Government proposed Immigration Record fee hike

- How to add floating branches to your Ancestry tre...

CutOff Genes: Episode 89: Come In Salt Lake- This Is Nancy from 2020-02-24T00:00

- Will Y DNA testing tell you your surname?

- Tree Building Hints

- Applying the "Leeds Method" to your Ancestry DNA matches

- How to find your floating branches

-Par...

CutOff Genes: Episode 88: Bee Gees Love Child from 2020-02-17T00:30

- Advances in artifact testing

- Surprise family members don't want money

- Bee Gees love child

- Outdated genealogy standards

-Story Time with Lesley Mitchell

CutOff Genes: Episode 87: I Am The Ancestor from 2020-02-10T00:00

- Update on Belgian Royalty DNA case

- Does searching for people of FB reveal you to them?

- Another long overdue exoneration

- Part 2 of Story Time with Carol J Laufer Cova...

CutOff Genes: Episode 86: The Furniture Episode from 2020-02-03T00:30

- Shoutout to our new "Patrons"

- A slowdown in Consumer DNA testing- why?

- Searchable database that identifies emancipated slaves

- Storytime with Carol J Laufer Covarrubi...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 85: It's In Our Bones from 2020-01-27T00:30

- Dept of Defense nix's consumer DNA testing

- Body found in cave identified

- Visiting ancestral locations feels familiar- why?

- Woman goes to prison for lying about pater...

CutOff Genes: Episode 84: I'm A DNA Succubus from 2020-01-20T00:30

- GEDmatch acquisition news

- How reunion impacts biological siblings

- What NOT to say to DNA matches

- The doctors office experience for NPE/MPE folks

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CutOff Genes: Episode 83: Am I The Plant? from 2020-01-13T00:30

- @castlesongs provides his DNA at last

- We've launched our new patreon.com/cutoffgenespodcast page

- The real Paul Fronczak has been found

- Never say Never- from the tren...

CutOff Genes: Episode 82.5: Grow More Teeth (Bonus) from 2019-12-30T00:30

As promised- part 2 of my interview with biological mother Deborah Kohn.  

See you in 2 weeks!

CutOff Genes: Episode 82: Heed The Pillow from 2019-12-23T00:30

- Unusual names found in the Census

- The threat to another historical battlefield

-  Revelations of mental health issues in genetic lines and their importance

- LGTQ Adopte...

CutOff Genes: Episode 81: 1001 Frozen Pops from 2019-12-16T00:30

- Do TV shows trivialize the NPE experience?

- Fertility Clinics lacked forethought

- Genetic Screening in Sperm/Egg donors

- International Adoptees living without Citizensh...

CutOff Genes: Episode 80: Six Degrees Of Tom Hanks from 2019-12-09T00:30

- TV shows that get DNA wrong

- Tom Hanks is a prolific relative

- From the trenches- BOUNDARIES

-Listener story time with Michelle Tokar

- Special announcement about...

Thankful for YOU!! from 2019-12-01T18:50:25

A quick message and update.

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Cutoff Genes: Episode 79: All About Eve from 2019-11-24T22:13:48

This is a very special pre-holiday "crossover" episode with @evesturges of the @everythingsrelativewithevesturges Podcast.  We'll be talking NPEs, DNA testing and crazy life stories....then chec...

CutOff Genes: Episode 78: Way Back When I Was An Ingenue from 2019-11-18T00:00

- Tips on sharing trees from your phone or iPad

-  Research Tree Privacy

- DNA testing looks to solve yet another hundred year old mystery

- Umbilical Cord Blood donor revea...

CutOff Genes: Episode 77: Nobody Consented To This from 2019-11-10T23:30

- Buddy (the studio dog) saves the day

- DNA Test Vending Machine

- Thoughts on Adopted Children and Social Media

- What happens when reunion expectations don't match

CutOff Genes: Episode 76: I Am Not A Scientist from 2019-11-04T00:30

- Ancestry.com has lots of NEW features

- Ancestry Health to require Dr's note

- From the trenches- ethics of reaching out to genetic siblings

- Part 2 of a conversation wit...

CutOff Genes: Episode 75: When People Were Flat And Wide from 2019-10-27T23:30

- @joolsjackson reviews fall DNA related television

- 23andme has a new automated tree/clustering feature

- Ancestry.com announces foray into Health Reports

- Jonny Perl, cr...

CutOff Genes: Episode 74: Empathy, Boundaries And Bear Hugs from 2019-10-20T23:30

- Fall TV preview

- A cousin who's DNA lead to the capture of a murderer

- Second Rejection

- The power of human touch

- Part 2 of Story Time with Lisa Gordon

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CutOff Genes: Episode 73: X Marks The Spot from 2019-10-13T23:20:04

- When is exhuming a relative to obtain DNA warranted?

- My Heritage acquires Promethease

- From the trenches: A real life X-chromosome study

- Italian donor Lawsuit

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CutOff Genes: Episode 72: Showbags! from 2019-10-06T23:30

-The valuable black hole of YouTube

- Preview of the Fall tv shows about DNA Genealogy

- Can you extract DNA from cremains?

- Beware of DNA 'outliers'

- Part 2 of Sto...

CutOff Genes: Episode 71: My Sister-Mother Is From Buttenheim from 2019-09-29T23:30

- Julie reviews a Family History Workbook

- Anyone Can Fabricate Obits 

- What happens when your mother is your sister?

- Story Time with Laureen Pittman, Author of The Lies...

CutOff Genes: Episode 70: I Can't I Have Euphemia from 2019-09-22T23:30

-Yearbooks are a great way to find people

- Link your social media to your Ancestry.com profile

- Aaron Burr did much more than kill Alexander Hami...

CutOff Genes: Episode 69: Up Top My Brother from 2019-09-15T23:30

- Ireland implements a new Census feature for future generation

- Australian man who fought for his adoption to be discharged

- Chromosome Browsers: How and Why

- Donya Papo...

CutOff Genes: Episode 68: It Helps Us Feel Connected To The Earth from 2019-09-08T23:30

- Discovery of a frozen infant in a deceased mother's freezer

- It IS possible for a child to be completely unaware of the fact that his mother is expecting a baby

- How to respond...

Labor Day Housekeeping from 2019-09-01T22:05:07

It's Labor Day- we'll be back next week!

Cutoff Genes: Episode 67: Digging Up Dillinger To Deduce If He Died from 2019-08-25T23:30

- Sometimes you solve stranger's mysteries to solve your own

- Who is buried in John Dillinger's grave?

- Why is it legal to deny people of their identity?

- Story time with...

CutOff Genes: Episode 66: This Is A Little Blue from 2019-08-18T23:30

- @joolsjackson demands the Ancestry messaging update

- From the trenches- what happens when they delete their DNA?

- The "Hicks Babies"

- Part 2 of story time with Caroline...

CutOff Genes: Episode 65: I'm In Udder Hell from 2019-08-11T23:30

- An update about the Federal Census

- Bovine Genetic Genealogy

- Reaching out to DNA matches- an ADOPTEE'S guide

- Storytime with Caroline Hodges

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CutOff Genes: Episode 64: You Had ONE Job! from 2019-08-04T23:30

- @joolsjackson explains why vacuum cleaners suck up her sadness

- A couple sues a fertility clinic in horrific mixup

- Things you never knew about the U.S. Census

- Part 2 ...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 63: Look Who Doesn't Want Me Near Her from 2019-07-28T23:30

- Composing initial letters to biological family

- Saving your children's teeth is a good thing

- How Genetic Genealogy is freeing those wrongfully convicted

- Story time wi...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 62: Kulap Talks ORIGIN STORY from 2019-07-21T23:30

- Two MPE documentaries available to stream online

- British National Health Service faced with a DNA quandary

- Who was Florence Crittenton?

- @joolsjackson looks for conne...

Teaser of Episode 62 with Kulap Vilaysack from 2019-07-21T20:23:28

originstorydoc.com

Cutoff Genes: Episode 61: Heir Of The Hair from 2019-07-14T23:30

- Woo Hoo- we have recognition!

- Clarifying King Arthur

- Hold on to your rootless hair- consumer testing is coming

- @joolsjackson overshares

- The theory of eight ...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 60: Mr Hur's Name Is Not Ben from 2019-07-07T23:30

- The affirmation of the new New York State OBC Law

- An initial breakdown of Latino naming conventions

- @castlesongs provides a late in life discovery for @joolsjac...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 59: That's A Lot Of Fish from 2019-07-01T00:00

- Record high DNA testing at Ancestry.com

- Belgian King paternity woes- update

- Setting boundaries when reaching out to Bio Family

- Book Nook

- Jenna Robertson con...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 58: Surnames, Musk Sticks and Drag Queens from 2019-06-24T00:39:47

- NY Birth Certificate Bill is up for the vote! (spoiler-it passed)

- Obtaining a surname is not the "silver bullet" to answers

- More stories from the trenches

- Part 3 of ...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 57: Jingle All The Way from 2019-06-16T23:30

- Surprise!

- More news about GEDmatch and Law Enforcement

- Using FamilySearch in addition to Ancestry

- Part 2 of Story-time with Jenna Robertson

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Cutoff Genes: Episode 56: Henry VIII Misses The Markle from 2019-06-09T23:30

- The Duchess of Sussex has ancient history with the royals

- @joolsjackson's "Believe it or Not": Tales from the trenches

- A new book recommendation

- Let's have a book cl...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 55: Womb For More from 2019-06-02T23:30

-@joolsjackson is excited about the network TV return of "Who Do You Think You Are?"

- Leonardo DaVinci's hair to be DNA tested

- How to preserv...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 54: Julie Googles from 2019-05-26T23:30

- Did pre-marital blood tests have to do with incest?

- The slow roll-out of Ancestry's new messaging system

- GEDmatch's new "opt-in for Law Enforcement" policy- and the negative ...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 53: Birds! from 2019-05-19T23:30

- We discuss the belief that some wildlife represents lost loved ones

- What causes glitches on Ancestry.com and how to trouble shoot

- When do surnames go out the window?

-...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 52: The Disturbing Episode from 2019-05-12T23:30

What is a "Kissing Cousin"?

Fetus in Fetu- the absorbed twin

Accidental Incest- the fear of many adoptees

Part 2 of my conversation with Paul Fronczak @pjfronczak foundlingP...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 51: Facebook Is The Hotel California from 2019-05-05T23:30

- Clarifications re: Chanel #5, the lifespan of sperm and Sesquizygotic Twins

- Exciting new development with AncestryDNA's messaging system

- A brief explanation of ...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 50: Curses On Cursive! from 2019-04-28T23:30

- We've made one complete trip around the sun!

- It's difficult to let go of presumed names when the DNA says otherwise

- Why it's not a good idea to "honor" your step family in Le...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 49: Free Queso!! from 2019-04-21T23:00

- Birthdays are confusing for many adoptees
- Potential changes to the dreaded school Family Tree assignment
- Film Review-"A Single Piece Of Paper"
- What is the meaning of "genetic di...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 48: It's The Best Because It's The Highest Number from 2019-04-14T23:00

- A discussion of "Mrs Wilson" on PBS
- An AncestryDNA hack to help contact relatives
- Uploading your raw data to MyHeritage- it's free
- A very special story time- spoiler alert- ther...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 46: Where Is Mr Beasley? from 2019-03-31T23:00

- @joolsjackson makes some clarifications
- Why is DNA testing illegal in France?
- Chimerism.  What is it?
- Part 2 of Debbie Keys' Epic Odyssey

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Cutoff Genes: Episode 45: It's The Literal Meaning Of Beta from 2019-03-24T23:00

- There are no cookie-cutter results in Genetic Genealogy
- FTDNA's new Terms of Service and Privacy
- Is the "Jack the Ripper" case really solved?
- An overview of AncestryDNA's new ma...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 44: Honor Thy Father- But Don't Confuse Us from 2019-03-17T22:57:56

- @joolsjackson talks about GEDmatch Genesis and user friendly improvements
- Beware of Non-DNA people on DNA trees and disappearing DNA results
- Woman receives legal threat after writing ...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 43: I Am Not A Freak from 2019-03-10T23:00

- @castlesongs reveals a DNA story that hit close to home
- The Warren Harding/Nan Britton affair
- Can you take a DNA test in France?
- Book Nook- The Foundling  by Paul Fronczak
-...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 42: I Lived In The Town That Inspired Footloose from 2019-03-04T00:00

- Tabatha and Stephen King make an impressive contribution to the genealogy community
- "Kennewick Man" lives and breathes in Kennewick
-Book Nook- Uncommon Knowledge- the story of the love...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 41: Who Could Forget Vo-Dee-Oh-Doh-Doh? from 2019-02-25T00:00

- Is it ethical for a birth parent to forbid you from contacting their other children?
- Introducing "totheletterDNA.com"- am artifact testing company based in Australia
- Story time featur...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 40: You've Saddled Me With Horse Puns from 2019-02-17T23:21:08

- Why are DNA service reps doubling as therapists?
- An airline with an advertising campaign that is DNA related
-What to do when you can't produce enough saliva for a spit test
- Book ...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 39: I'm Having A Dagwood Sandwich from 2019-02-11T00:27:55

- Steamy dog gifts and 1980's Zoo themed tv shows.
-What has FTDNA done to cause an uproar in the Gen-Genie community?
-@joolsjackson attempts to explain chromosome "common pile-up areas" Listen

Cutoff Genes: Episode 38: A Psychic As A Side-Kick from 2019-02-04T00:23:56

-The Arizona Nursing Home that tested it's entire male staff when a resident gave birth
-Why do testing companies periodically change out their "chips"?
-Also, what is a "chip"?
-Quick ...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 37: Boston Is Practically Australia.... from 2019-01-28T01:00

-What are Acadians really- a more succinct explanation
-Georgia Tann: the corrupt baby-seller of Tennessee
-The truth about Ellis Island and why names changed
- Story-time from our list...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 36: The Incredible Disappearing Family from 2019-01-21T01:00

-The joy of discovering listeners that are related to you
- 88 year old woman meets the 70 daughter she had been told had died soon after being born
- The daunting effects of Acadians and E...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 35: There Was No Plan- I Was Given Up... from 2019-01-14T00:00

-Welcome back to the first episode of 2019
- New DNA related TV viewing
-Blaine Bettinger's DNA-Central.com
-Never discount a more distant DNA match
-Story-time with Janine Cate
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Cutoff Genes: Episode 34: 2018 Finale- Up With A Twist from 2018-12-24T01:00

In this final Episode of 2018 Robbie tells us her "epic odyssey" that has a twist worthy of an M. Night Shyamalan movie.
Thank you for your continued support and feedback this year.  We'll be b...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 33: Donor Kids with Peter Ellenstein from 2018-12-17T01:00

-@joolsjackson interviews prolific sperm donor @PEllenstein
-@ReneeColvert returns for input and reflection
-This is an incredible (yet credible) story!

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Cutoff Genes: Episode 32: AJ Jacobs from 2018-12-10T01:00

In this installment of our "December Of Interviews" listen to my conversation with NY Times best-selling author, Ted Talk lecturer, self described "human guinea pig" and delightful human AJ Jacobs ...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 31: Maybe I Wasn't Listening To You from 2018-12-03T01:00

 * -@joolsjackson realizes that she makes a gaffe about Seventh Day Adventists in this episode
-Ethics and postmortem DNA collection
-Part 2 of listener Sarah Needham's Epic Odyssey
-Re...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 30: I Love That Movie. What's It About Again? from 2018-11-26T01:00

- Belgian Royalty isn't immune to DNA testing
- DNA Profile Indictments- news in Law Enforcement
- @joolsjackson reminds us of the dangers of "confirmation bias"
- Listener Sarah Needha...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 29: No Problem Everybody! from 2018-11-19T01:00

Friend of the show "Amy" joins @joolsjackson and @castlesongs in the studio to tell us about her experience with being told about a secret later in her life.

Please SHARE with people who h...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 28: He Stabbed The Giant Tarantula With A Pin from 2018-11-12T01:21:09

-It's Ancestry SALE time- stock up for your future needs.
-A report from MyHeritage LIVE 2018
-Post Mortem DNA Testing- rules and ethics
-Revisiting Triangulation
-Finale and update...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 27: Pay No Attention To The One-Eared Dog In The Room from 2018-11-05T02:00

-@joolsjackson reveals plans to hide for Halloween
-Exploring misinformation imparted to Adoptees.
-New and helpful features in AncestryDNA
-How to add "floating branches" and why you w...

Cutoff Genes: Episode 26: Man, I Wish I Could Time Travel from 2018-10-29T01:00

- Genetic Genealogy content suddenly highly sought after by the Networks
-Facts behind the Elizabeth Warren DNA test
-Further clarification on the difference between "Mirror" and "Quick and...

Cutoff Genes: Ep. 26 Teaser from 2018-10-25T18:54:07

Cutoff Genes: Episode 25: Thanks For Coming To My Hotel Room from 2018-10-22T02:00

-In this special episode, Donor Conceived listener, Stacey Jaros, shares her very own (ongoing) Epic Odyssey!



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