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 Renee Colvert as they attempt to guide you through what…
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The CutOff Genes Podcast is an entertaining and informative podcast that delves into the world of genealogy and DNA testing. Hosted by Julie and Rich, the show explores various topics related to genetic genealogy, including adoption, unknown parentage, and uncovering family secrets. The hosts have a great rapport and their banter adds a fun dynamic to the podcast. Whether you're an adoptee looking for support and understanding or someone interested in learning more about DNA testing and genealogy research, this podcast has something for everyone.
One of the best aspects of The CutOff Genes Podcast is the wealth of information it provides on genetic genealogy. Julie, a professional genetic genealogist, shares her expertise in a way that is easy to understand and relatable. She offers practical tips and tricks for navigating DNA testing results, building family trees, and making connections with relatives. The stories shared on the podcast are both heartwarming and intriguing, showcasing the power of DNA in uncovering hidden family ties. Additionally, the chemistry between Julie and Rich is magnetic, making each episode enjoyable to listen to.
While The CutOff Genes Podcast is overall a fantastic show, one potential drawback is that at times the hosts can go off on tangents or engage in too much chit chat that may not be directly related to the main topic. This can sometimes distract from the main content of the episode or make it feel less focused. However, these moments are infrequent and do not significantly detract from the overall quality of the podcast.
In conclusion, The CutOff Genes Podcast is a must-listen for anyone interested in genealogy or DNA testing. Julie and Rich's friendly banter coupled with their expert insights make for an enjoyable and educational experience. Whether you're searching for your biological family or simply curious about your roots, this podcast offers valuable guidance and support along with entertaining stories from real people who have used DNA testing to uncover their family history. Give it a listen and discover the fascinating world of genetic genealogy.
-Adoptee, Birth Mother and Author Monica Hall talks about all things adoption. www.monicahall.com @practicallystillavirgin *Trigger Warning- Sexual Abuse, drug use, language Subscribe, Rate and Review www.juliedixonjackson.com www.cutoffgenes.com
Adoptees Julie D Jackson and Betsy Hadden discuss trauma manifestation- or lack thereof Intriguing Death Certificates Part 2 of Storytime with Kristal Parke of @becauseshesadopted Subscribe, Rate and Review! www.cutoffgenes.com www.patreon/cutoffgenespodcast
News about Julie's personal life that ties into DNA (Trigger Warning- Vulnerable) Trenches: Use an expert to keep your Conformation Bias at bay California has access to the DNA of every child born since the 1980s- discuss Storytime: Canadian Adoptee Kristal Parke talks about her upcoming film "Because She's Adopted" @becauseshesadopted For help with your DNA mystery contact Julie at www.cutoffgenes.com or www.juliedixonjackson.com Please consider joining the Patreon at www.patreon.com/cutoffgenespodcast Subscribe, Rate and Review!!
Lily Jackson (my daughter) sat in to co-host this week Our organic conversation was so interesting that I forwent all planned content. Please enjoy! Storytime: *Part two of my conversation with adoptee Jim Serrano *Trigger Warning- Child sexual abuse, suicidality Subscribe, Rate and Review! For help with your own DNA mystery please contact Julie at www.cutoffgenes.com
The annual birthday bah humbug Eclipse Talk Are Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey half brothers? SB1274- California Adoptee Alert- Let's open those Birth Certificates Sperm Donor wants Legal Parent Status Storytime with Jim Serrano Please take the time to rate and/or review this podcast- it really helps! Contact Julie for help with your DNA at www.cutoffgenes.com
Welcome to Season Nine We're back and @reneecolvert is co-hosting Let's talk about "Adoption Doesn't Guarantee a Forever Family" If frozen embryos are people- where do we draw the line? Looking forward to the new documentary "She Looks Like Me" Exploiting Adoptee stories for clout Another Donor Baby dates brother Subscribe, Rate and Review! To share your story, provide feedback or for help with your DNA mystery contact Julie at www.cutoffgenes.com
23andme's stock market woes Sammy Hagar on Finding Your Roots Parents need to tell their daughter that her father is actually her half brother Saying goodbye to our dear producer and co host Richard Castle Waddleton Subscribe, Rate and Review www.Patreon.com/cutoffgenes For help with your search or to tell your story contact Julie at- www.cutoffgenes.com
Dog Threats The Woman in the Wall Adoption and Personality Disorders Trenches: Mother longs to know the son she was forced to relinquish Storytime with Sara Easterly Contact Julie at cutoffgenes.com Subscribe, Rate and Review!
Kristin Chenoweth isn't helping other adoptees (but I love her) Jane Russell bought a child with an intact family Author and Adoptee Julie Ryan McGue ( juliemcgueauthor.com ) talks about her story and her two books : "Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging" and "Belonging Matters: Conversations on Adoption, Family & Kinship" For help or to contact Julie go to www.cutoffgenes.com Subscribe, Rate and Review!
Etymology of FatFace Closed Adoption promotes accidental incest Why won't the Catholic church acknowledge children of Priests and Nuns? StoryTime with Peggie Arvidson of ZenCareer presents @adopteesatwork Podcast This is a crossover event- tune in to @adopteesatwork Episode 25 for Peggie's interview with Julie about how adoption informed her career path... Subscribe, Rate and Review PLEASE! www.cutoffgenes.com
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 of Julie's adventure Walking in the Footsteps of her Ancestors Subscribe, Rate and Review For help with your DNA mystery, contact Julie at www.cutoffgenes.com
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 Ancestors"- Chester, Bristol and Bath For help with your DNA mystery or to share your story contact Julie at www.cutoffgenes.com Subscribe, Rate and Review!
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 ancestors Subscribe, Rate and Review! Contact Julie at cutoffgenes.com
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 Ancestors" Subscribe, Rate and Review! For help with YOUR DNA mystery, contact Julie Dixon Jackson at www.cutoffgenes.com
Julie digs deeper into her month long adventure walking in the footsteps of her Ancestors in the UK! For help tracking YOUR ancestors contact Julie at www.cutoffgenes.com Subscribe, Rate and Review!
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 "Walking in the Footsteps of their Ancestors." Note- It should be noted that I failed to mention that "Billy the bully" is actually the current proprietor of what was once The Tunnel End Tavern Contact Julie at cutoffgenes.com
Enjoy this conversation with Adoptee/Author Valerie Naiman. Join the Facebook Group ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/1882608928721974 ) or follow me on TikTok updates as I walk in the footsteps of my ancestors. For extended coverage join https://www.patreon.com/cutoffgenespodcast.... www.cutoffgenes.com
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. Subscribe, Rate and Review! For help with your DNA mystery contact Julie Dixon Jackson at www.cutoffgenes.com
- AI explains common Genealogy myths - Chrissy Tiegen spirals about identical twin mystery - Bereavement benefits for Adoptees- when are we allowed to grieve? - Storytime with Adoptee Greg Gentry For help with your DNA mystery contact Julie Dixon Jackson at www.cutoffgenes.com Subscribe, Rate and Review!!!
Review of the movie "The Lost King" @thelostkingmovie Trenches- Julie reviews past correspondence with biological parents and tips for how to reach out Last installment of the conversation with Emily Alber @emilyalberart Subscribe, Rate and Review For help with your DNA mystery contact Julie at www.cutoffgenes.com
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 a husband and father Part 2 (of 3) of my conversation with Emily Alber (@emilyalberart)- cliffhanger alert! Subscribe, Rate and Review! For help with your DNA mystery contact Julie Dixon Jackson at www.cutoffgenes.com
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 Gap Storytime with Adoptee/Artist Emily Alber @emilyalberart For help with your DNA mystery contact Julie at www.cutoffgenes.com
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 are revealed in his DNA Analysis Storytime with @Debbie Olson of dnasurprisenetwork.com Subsribe, RATE and REVIEW!!! For help with your DNA journey contact Julie Dixon Jackson at cutoffgenes.com
"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 lie similar to Adoptive Birth Certificates Story-time with Adoptee Emma Stevens, Author of "A Fire Is Coming" Subscribe, Rate and Review. Join patreon.com/cutoffgenespodcast for extra content Contact Julie at joolsjackson@cutoffgenes.com
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 who discovered late in life that he was Donor Concieved www.peterjboni.com Subscribe, Rate and Review For help with your DNA mystery contact Julie at www.cutoffgenes.com
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. Please Subscribe, Rate and Review. For help with your DNA mystery contact Julie at Cutoffgenes.com
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 a family to return their adopted son to Uganda Is a young polish woman the missing Madeleine McCann? AITAH? We discuss the story of a former surrogate who rejects her best friend's daughter (to whom she gave birth....) Storytime with Peter J Boni (peterjboni.com) author of Uprooted: Family Trauma, Unknown Origins, and the Secretive History of Artificial Insemination Subscribe, Rate and Review For help with your DNA search contact Julie at www.cutoffgenes.com
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 Subscribe, Rate and Review! For help with your DNA mystery contact Julie Dixon Jackson at www.cutoffgenes.com
- 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 (part 1) Subscribe, Rate and Review. For help with your case contact Julie Dixon Jackson at cutoffgenes.com
Welcome to Season 7 - Trove needs your help https://www.change.org/p/fully-fund-trove - Julia Roberts joins the NPE community - The Boy in the Box finally has a name - Genetic Genealogy leads to a suspect in Idaho Murders - Trenches- Rookie mistakes to avoid - Storytime- Beth Syverson of https://www.unravelingadoption.com/ and APtitude * Trigger Warning: Substance Abuse and Suicidality For help with you Genetic Bewilderment Mystery contact Julie Dixon Jackson at www.cutoffgenes.com Please Subscribe, Rate and REVIEW!
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 patreon.com/cutoffgenespodcast Brand new episodes in January Subscribe, Rate and Review! Reach out to Julie at cutoffgenes.com
- 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. You'll meet our original co-host @reneecolvert and get an idea of how far we have come since those early days of @cutoffgenespodcast. Enjoy! For help with your DNA Genealogical mysteries contact Julie at cutoffgenes.com or biologicalfamilysearch.com Remember to Subscribe, Rate and Review!
- 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-Attunement: An Adoptee Superpower", and of course, "Goodbye Hypervigilance: Healing Adoptee Worry". -For help with your own DNA search contact Julie at cutoffgenes.com -Subscribe, Rate and Review.
- 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 - Part 2 of Story Time with author/adoptee Lora K Joy Subscribe, Rate and Review! For help with your search contact Julie at www.cutoffgenes.com
- Texas school DNA tests - Intriguing Death Certificates - Trenches: Julie's Vital Records Mystery - Storytime with Author and Adoptee @LoraKJoy Please Subscribe, Rate and Review! For help with your DNA mystery contact Julie at cutoffgenes.com (CutOff Genes Investigations)
- Amazing Race Twins- DNA for the win - I am that kid TOO - Amplifying adoptee voices - Part 3 of Storytime with Sandi S! For help with your case contact Julie at cutoffgenes.com
- 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 with Sandi S For help solving your mystery contact Julie at cutoffgenes.com Subscribe, Rate and Review- it REALLY helps!
- Upcoming changes to our Patreon Page - Re-emergence of Charles and Camilla "love child" - Correcting Social Media misinformation about DNA testing! - Story Time with listener and adoptee Sandi S. (Part 1) For help solving your genealogical mystery contact Julie Dixon Jackson at cutoffgenes.com Don't forget to leave a review of the podcast and/or Cutoff Genes Investigations!
- 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 @CatalinaFilm Festival - Amy Ulrich @aimsulrich completes her Epic Odyssey Arc...so far. Subscribe, Rate and Review. For help with your DNA Search contact Julie Dixon Jackson at www,cutoffgenes.com
- 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 are also adopted - Part 2 of Storytime with NPE/MPE Amy Ulrich For help with your search contact Julie Dixon Jackson at cutoffgenes.com
- 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 Epic NPE Odyssey - Please Subscribe, Rate and REVIEW! (it really helps) For help with your search contact Julie Dixon Jackson at cutoffgenes.com The Truth is in Your Genes!
- 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 - Epic Odyssey: Part 2 with @emmastevensgatheringplace Subscribe, Rate and Review! For help on your own case contact Julie Dixon Jackson at cutoffgenes.com
- 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 Gathering Place: An Adoptee's Story Subscribe, Rate and REVIEW For help with your search contact Julie Dixon Jackson at cutoffgenes.com
- 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 - Part 2 of my conversation with Lorah Gerald @theadoptedchameleon For help contact @joolsjackson a cutoffgenes.com
- The problem with Find A Grave - Trenches: Adoptee Kristi - Storytime with @theadoptedchameleon Lorah Gerald Subscribe, Rate and Review For help with your case contact Julie at cutoffgenes.com
- Bonus episode with a couple of updates and the Grande Finale of my conversation with Cynthia (from Michigan)... Please subscribe, rate and review. For help, contact Julie at cutoffgenes.com
- 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 your research - Part 3 of "Cynthia's" Epic Odyssey For help with your search contact Julie at cutoffgenes.com
- 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 because they married an immigrant - Part 2 of "Cynthia's" Epic Odyssey For help with your search please contact Julie at cutoffgenes.com
-@joolsjackson attempts to recap hilights of i4GG/22 through some serious post conference brain fog - Story time with listener "Cynthia"... For help with your own search go to cutoffgenes.com
- Continuing our discussion about advocating for Adoption Reform. How Important is Identity? - Cowboy Love-Child - Adoptee is directed to wrong Birth Mother - Storytime (Part 2) with Cassandra Adams Need Help? Cutoffgenes.com
- How did the police ID Shari Papini's accomplice? - Julie admits that her thoughts on Adoption Reform have evolved - Story-time with Cassandra Adams For help finding your roots contact Julie Dixon Jackson at cutoffgenes.com
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