CutOff Genes Podcast

CutOff Genes Podcast

Ever wondered what consumer DNA testing can do for you- beyond telling you your ethnicity? Are you an adoptee- or someone who has an unknown parent or relative? Do you love Genealogy? You're in the right place. Join Julie Dixon Jackson and Richard Castle as they attempt to guide you through what it takes to use DNA to break down brick walls, solve mysteries- or find your "people"!

Episodes

May 10, 2020 47 mins

- 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 be closer to 20 episodes so....

 

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- We're back for Season 2

- Memorial Day and Genealogy

- Thoughts on "The Genetic Detective"

- Storytime with Shane Bouel

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June 14, 2020 51 mins

- 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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- Secrets from "The Genetic Detective"

- Common genealogy "red flags"

- Epic Odyssey with listener Lisette.

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- 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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- GEDmatch data hack

- Nature V Nurture and racism

- Discoveries in @castlesongs tree

- AncestryDNA match changes

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- 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 Lisette's epic odyssey!

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- 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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- 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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September 20, 2020 52 mins

- Scotland-Gate

- DAR changes in DNA proof

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

 

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- 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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October 18, 2020 48 mins

- 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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November 1, 2020 52 mins

- 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

- Emma Lee Still discusses her journey as an Egg Donor

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- 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 Covid19

- Story-time with author Edward DiGangi 

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- 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 DeGangi

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- Happy New Year

- Many movie themes relatable to adoptees and NPEs

- 23andme "traits"- underwhelming

- Beware the Mennonites

- From the trenches....

- Part 3 of my conversation with Edward De Gangi

 

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January 17, 2021 46 mins

- 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 listener questions

- Jessica Stavena shares her story of DNA discovery

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January 31, 2021 49 mins

- Adoptive mothers, daughters and their hair

- Stories from the Gen Genie Trenches

- Part 2 of Jessica Stavena's Epic Odyssey

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The Truth Is In Your Genes

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- 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 Jessica Stavena's Epic Odyssey

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- 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 of Jessica Stavena's story of Fertility Fraud

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