Podcasts about ftdna

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!

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  

- 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  

Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about the second half of Chapter 8 in Research Like a Pro with DNA. This part of the chapter focuses on tools that use segment data to help you find common ancestors with your matches. We discuss chromosome browsers, segment triangulation, chromosome mapping, DNA Painter, visual phasing, and several third party tools. We also review tools to help analyze mitochondrial DNA, Y-DNA, and X-DNA matches. Links Genetic Affairs - https://geneticaffairs.com/ DNAGedcom - https://www.dnagedcom.com/ DNA Painter - https://dnapainter.com/ G-DAT - https://sites.google.com/view/genealogical-dna-analysis-tool James Lick's tools for estimating mtDNA haplogroup - https://dna.jameslick.com/mthap/  FTDNA blog - https://blog.familytreedna.com/ New FTDNA TiP Report - https://blog.familytreedna.com/ftdnatip-report/ New FTDNA Group Time Tree - https://blog.familytreedna.com/group-time-tree/ Sponsor - Newspapers.com For listeners of this podcast, Newspapers.com is offering new subscribers 20% off a Publisher Extra subscription so you can start exploring today. Just use the code “FamilyLocket” at checkout.  Research Like a Pro Resources Airtable Quick Reference - by Nicole Dyer - https://familylocket.com/product/airtable-research-logs-for-genealogy-quick-reference/ Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist's Guide book by Diana Elder with Nicole Dyer on Amazon.com - https://amzn.to/2x0ku3d Research Like a Pro Webinar Series 2023 - monthly case study webinars including documentary evidence and many with DNA evidence - https://familylocket.com/product/research-like-a-pro-webinar-series-2023/  Research Like a Pro eCourse - independent study course -  https://familylocket.com/product/research-like-a-pro-e-course/ RLP Study Group - upcoming group and email notification list - https://familylocket.com/services/research-like-a-pro-study-group/ Research Like a Pro with DNA Resources Research Like a Pro with DNA: A Genealogist's Guide to Finding and Confirming Ancestors with DNA Evidence book by Diana Elder, Nicole Dyer, and Robin Wirthlin - https://amzn.to/3gn0hKx Research Like a Pro with DNA eCourse - independent study course -  https://familylocket.com/product/research-like-a-pro-with-dna-ecourse/ RLP with DNA Study Group - upcoming group and email notification list - https://familylocket.com/services/research-like-a-pro-with-dna-study-group/ Thank you Thanks for listening! We hope that you will share your thoughts about our podcast and help us out by doing the following: Write a review on iTunes or Apple Podcasts. If you leave a review, we will read it on the podcast and answer any questions that you bring up in your review. Thank you! Leave a comment in the comment or question in the comment section below. Share the episode on Twitter, Facebook, or Pinterest. Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favorite podcast app. Sign up for our newsletter to receive notifications of new episodes - https://familylocket.com/sign-up/ Check out this list of genealogy podcasts from Feedspot: Top 20 Genealogy Podcasts - https://blog.feedspot.com/genealogy_podcasts/  

Host Scott Fisher opens the show with David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and AmericanAncestors.org. Fisher reveals David's latest honor as a historian. Then, David shares his excitement over a gift he is receiving… a Bible gifted to a World War I soldier by a minister that caught a bullet that saved the man's life. David has much more to say about it. Fisher next talks about a unique document he located tied to a relative jailed for forgery. FTDNA.com has revealed interesting news about the common male haplogroup R1B1. If you are part of it, listen to what David has to tell you. Next up… a shout out to the Boston Fire Department which just celebrated 345 years as America's oldest paid department. In Rhode Island, a little girl has made headlines for her attempt to take the remains of carrots and cookies and get a DNA profile of Santa Claus! And the authorities were happy to share with her what they found. You'll love this! On Finding Your Roots, it was an emotional episode for “Spy Kids” star Danny Trejo. David explains why. In segments two and three, Fisher visits with Sarah Jake and Josh Hutchinson, hosts of the podcast “Thou Shalt No Suffer, The Witch Trial Podcast.” The two talk about the new things that are still being learned about Salem in 1692, researching your witches or accusers, and their efforts at an exoneration bill for the accused and hanged witches of Connecticut. David then returns for another round of Ask Us Anything. That's all this week on Extreme Genes, America's Family History Show!

- 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  

- 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!

Constructing a Family Tree has become accessible to the average person with DNA tests like Ancestry, 23andMe, Migration and FTDNA. But investigators are now solving 50 year old cases thanks to these tests, and the people that have placed their results in DNA databases. But when a 14 year old boy found a mutilated body of a woman and a baby near a river in Pennsylvania on cold December day 1976, detectives were left wondering who they might be. On this week's episode we tackle the case of Evelyn Colon and the mysterious identification of Beth and Baby Doe of Pennsylvania. You can listen to our NEW episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & all other streaming platforms. —-- La construcción de un árbol genealógico se ha vuelto accesible para cualquier persona con pruebas de casa ADN como Ancestry, 23andMe, Migration y FTDNA. Gracias a estos exámenes, investigadores ahora están resolviendo casos de hace 50 años. Pero cuando un niño de 14 años encontró el cuerpo mutilado de una mujer y un bebé cerca de un río en Pensilvania en diciembre de 1976, los detectives se preguntaron quiénes podrían ser. En el episodio de esta semana abordamos el caso de Evelyn Colon y la misteriosa identificación de Beth y Baby Doe de Pensilvania. Puede escuchar nuestro NUEVO episodio en Spotify, Apple Podcasts y todas las demás plataformas de transmisión. —-- Link + Resources: CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/03/us/evelyn-colon-beth-doe-found/index.html Gabulosis: https://youtu.be/JBMCqXKO1lk Univision - Aqui y Ahora: https://youtu.be/qLKfSYUtx6Y https://youtu.be/TysdL7ZJTl4 https://youtu.be/GzsxLGyzre0 Missing Kids: https://www.missingkids.org/blog/2019/post-update/new-hope-in-decades-old-mystery WFMZ-TV 69News: https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/poconos-coal/man-accused-of-killing-pregnant-woman-in-1976-makes-court-appearance/article_52ed67b8-e11c-11eb-a63a-0f76ba97507d.html NPR: https://www.npr.org/2020/03/06/812789112/genealogy-websites-help-to-solve-crimes-raise-questions-about-ethics —- Follow Us: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SVSM_Podcast Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/SVSM_Podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoViolentoSoMacabroPodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@svsm_podcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/svsm-podcast/support

- 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

- 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 story time with Michele East - For more info and help with your search go to cutoffgenes.com

Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about Diana's Dillard project. For the RLP with DNA study group, she is exploring the possibility that a cluster of DNA matches from her second cousin's network graph are related through Cynthia Dillard's parents. The MRCA of the cluster appears to be Elijah Dillard. In this assignment, Diana explored DNA tools to see if any would be useful in her project. She learned about DNA Gedcom's GWorks tool and practiced using it to find relevant surnames in the trees of Victor's DNA matches. Diana also used Genetic Affairs' Hybrid AutoSegment Cluster analysis combining segment data from MyHeritage, FTDNA,  and GEDMatch. Links Video featuring Everett Jan Bloom, the creator of Genetic Affairs discussing Auto Segment - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LST8jqY7C2A RLP with DNA Study Group Part 5: Exploring DNA Tools https://familylocket.com/rlp-with-dna-study-group-part-5-exploring-dna-tools/ Research Like a Pro Resources Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist's Guide book by Diana Elder with Nicole Dyer on Amazon.com - https://amzn.to/2x0ku3d Research Like a Pro eCourse - independent study course -  https://familylocket.com/product/research-like-a-pro-e-course/ RLP Study Group - upcoming group and email notification list - https://familylocket.com/services/research-like-a-pro-study-group/ Research Like a Pro with DNA Resources Research Like a Pro with DNA: A Genealogist's Guide to Finding and Confirming Ancestors with DNA Evidence book by Diana Elder, Nicole Dyer, and Robin Wirthlin - https://amzn.to/3gn0hKx Research Like a Pro with DNA eCourse - independent study course -  https://familylocket.com/product/research-like-a-pro-with-dna-ecourse/ RLP with DNA Study Group - upcoming group and email notification list - https://familylocket.com/services/research-like-a-pro-with-dna-study-group/ Thank you Thanks for listening! We hope that you will share your thoughts about our podcast and help us out by doing the following: Share an honest review on iTunes or Stitcher. You can easily write a review with Stitcher, without creating an account. Just scroll to the bottom of the page and click "write a review." You simply provide a nickname and an email address that will not be published. We value your feedback and your ratings really help this podcast reach others. If you leave a review, we will read it on the podcast and answer any questions that you bring up in your review. Thank you! Leave a comment in the comment or question in the comment section below. Share the episode on Twitter, Facebook, or Pinterest. Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or your favorite podcast app. Sign up for our newsletter to receive notifications of new episodes - https://familylocket.com/sign-up/ Check out this list of genealogy podcasts from Feedspot: Top 20 Genealogy Podcasts - https://blog.feedspot.com/genealogy_podcasts/

Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about Diana's experiment to see if doing surname searches at each DNA testing website could help her find matches about a research question. She then used the results of her searches to decide if she had enough matches to work on this research objective. Mary “Clemsy” Cline, born in 1818 in Missouri, is one of our brick walls. Diana talks about using the search features at AncestryDNA, 23andMe, FTDNA, and MyHeritage to filter her match list and find DNA matches with the surname Cline in their family tree. Once she found matches descending from the research subject, Mary Cline, and her hypothesized father, John Cline, Diana determined that there were enough matches to work with that she could do this project. We talk about finding additional matches using the shared matches of those found through the surname search. Links Leeds Method: Why Do I Have More Than 4 Clusters? Or, Time to Consolidate! at Dana Leeds' website https://www.danaleeds.com/leeds-method-time-to-consolidate/ Choosing a DNA Objective Using a Surname Search by Diana at Family Locket https://familylocket.com/choosing-a-dna-objective-using-a-surname-search/ FamilyTreeDNA Family Matching and Bucketing by Nicole at Family Locket https://familylocket.com/familytreedna-family-matching-and-bucketing/ The Small Segment Debate Is Over by Leah Larkin at DNA Geek https://thednageek.com/the-small-segment-debate-is-over/ RLP with DNA 2021 Research Log at Airtable https://www.airtable.com/universe/expNdDhZvsashJk28/rlp-with-dna-2021-research-log Research Like a Pro Resources Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist's Guide book by Diana Elder with Nicole Dyer on Amazon.com - https://amzn.to/2x0ku3d Research Like a Pro eCourse - independent study course -  https://familylocket.com/product/research-like-a-pro-e-course/ RLP Study Group - upcoming group and email notification list - https://familylocket.com/services/research-like-a-pro-study-group/ Research Like a Pro with DNA Resources Research Like a Pro with DNA: A Genealogist's Guide to Finding and Confirming Ancestors with DNA Evidence book by Diana Elder, Nicole Dyer, and Robin Wirthlin - https://amzn.to/3gn0hKx Research Like a Pro with DNA eCourse - independent study course -  https://familylocket.com/product/research-like-a-pro-with-dna-ecourse/ RLP with DNA Study Group - upcoming group and email notification list - https://familylocket.com/services/research-like-a-pro-with-dna-study-group/ Thank you Thanks for listening! We hope that you will share your thoughts about our podcast and help us out by doing the following: Share an honest review on iTunes or Stitcher. You can easily write a review with Stitcher, without creating an account. Just scroll to the bottom of the page and click "write a review." You simply provide a nickname and an email address that will not be published. We value your feedback and your ratings really help this podcast reach others. If you leave a review, we will read it on the podcast and answer any questions that you bring up in your review. Thank you! Leave a comment in the comment or question in the comment section below. Share the episode on Twitter, Facebook, or Pinterest. Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or your favorite podcast app. Sign up for our newsletter to receive notifications of new episodes - https://familylocket.com/sign-up/ Check out this list of genealogy podcasts from Feedspot: Top 20 Genealogy Podcasts - https://blog.feedspot.com/genealogy_podcasts/

- Adoption/MPE/NPE in TV storylines - "The Lost Sons" on CNN - Family Search completes digitization of Microfilm - Revisiting Ancestry DNA's "ThruLines"- thanks @thednageek - Author Megan Culhane Galbraith (megangalbraith.com) talks about "The Guild of the Infant Savior: An Adopted Child's Memory Book" Subscribe, Rate and Review For help with your search contact joolsjackson@cutoffgenes.com

Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about Family Tree DNA's family matching and bucketing system, which is part of the Family Finder autosomal test. After linking a DNA match to your family tree at their website, the family matching algorithm uses phased matching to assign maternal and paternal icons/buckets to your matches. Adding close matches and up to third cousins helps you take advantage of this helpful tool. Listen in as we discuss how this can help you better use your matches at FTDNA.  Links FamilyTreeDNA Family Matching and Bucketing by Nicole at Family Locket - https://familylocket.com/familytreedna-family-matching-and-bucketing/ FamilyTreeDNA (FTDNA) https://www.familytreedna.com/ “Family Finder – Family Matching Feature,” Family Tree DNA Learning Center  (https://learn.familytreedna.com/user-guide/family-finder-myftdna/ftdna-family-matching-system/ : accessed 6 August 2021). “Updates To Family Finder, Featuring Improved Matching And A Soon To Be Released Chromosome Painter,” 1 July 2021, FamilyTreeDNA Blog (https://blog.familytreedna.com/updates-to-family-finder-matching-and-chromosome-painter/ : accessed 6 August 2021). https://www.familytreedna.com/autosomal-transfer Research Like a Pro Resources Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist's Guide book by Diana Elder with Nicole Dyer on Amazon.com - https://amzn.to/2x0ku3d Research Like a Pro eCourse - independent study course -  https://familylocket.com/product/research-like-a-pro-e-course/ RLP Study Group - upcoming group and email notification list - https://familylocket.com/services/research-like-a-pro-study-group/ Research Like a Pro with DNA Resources Research Like a Pro with DNA: A Genealogist's Guide to Finding and Confirming Ancestors with DNA Evidence book by Diana Elder, Nicole Dyer, and Robin Wirthlin - https://amzn.to/3gn0hKx Research Like a Pro with DNA eCourse - independent study course -  https://familylocket.com/product/research-like-a-pro-with-dna-ecourse/ RLP with DNA Study Group - upcoming group and email notification list - https://familylocket.com/services/research-like-a-pro-with-dna-study-group/ Thank you Thanks for listening! We hope that you will share your thoughts about our podcast and help us out by doing the following: Share an honest review on iTunes or Stitcher. You can easily write a review with Stitcher, without creating an account. Just scroll to the bottom of the page and click "write a review." You simply provide a nickname and an email address that will not be published. We value your feedback and your ratings really help this podcast reach others. If you leave a review, we will read it on the podcast and answer any questions that you bring up in your review. Thank you! Leave a comment in the comment or question in the comment section below. Share the episode on Twitter, Facebook, or Pinterest. Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or your favorite podcast app. Sign up for our newsletter to receive notifications of new episodes - https://familylocket.com/sign-up/ Check out this list of genealogy podcasts from Feedspot: Top 20 Genealogy Podcasts - https://blog.feedspot.com/genealogy_podcasts/

- Is Ancestry on the verge of providing a Chromosome Browser? - Trenches: The disappearing birthmother - Extra Epic Epic Odyssey- Brian Stanton of @ghostkingdom     - For help with your case contact joolsjackson@cutoffgenes.com    

- Real Housewives Gen Genie connection - Surrogacy and DNA - Death Certificate lessons - A listener/client trench story - Part 2 of Holly's Epic Odyssey Contact Julie at joolsjackson@cutoffgenes.com

- @castlesongs dodges a bullet - @joolsjackson discovers a celestial story about an ancestor - Review: Reckoning With The Primal Wound: A Documentary - How Joni Mitchell's experience of a giving up a child shaped her career - Part 1 of listener and client Holly's epic odyssey Subscribe, Rate and Review. To contact Julie- joolsjackson@cutoffgenes.com

- 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 extraordinary Epic Odyssey! Subscribe, Rate and Review! For help with your DNA mystery contact joolsjackson@cutoffgenes.com

- 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 - Story-time with Tiffany Clark Subscribe, Rate and Review joolsjackson@cutoffgenes.com  

- 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 - Last episode of season 3- take time to catch up on old episodes. Contact for the show or assistance on your case: joolsjackson@cutoffgenes.com

- Adoptive mothers, daughters and their hair - Stories from the Gen Genie Trenches - Part 2 of Jessica Stavena's Epic Odyssey - Please subscribe, rate and review. The Truth Is In Your Genes

- 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 Subscribe, Rate and Review

This episode is about the Ventura County Jane Doe of 1980. A big thank you to Lauren for pronouncing the Hispanic last names for me with her background in learning and teaching Spanish! Disclaimer, neither of us are Hispanic, but Lauren helps teach Spanish-speaking children English and has taken many years of Spanish and speaks almost fluently. We still had issues pronouncing some of the last names (sorry if it's offensive!), so please visit either the Doe Network or DNA Doe Project links below to read them. Agency Name: Ventura County Sheriff's Department Agency Contact Person: Det. Kevin Bernzott Agency Phone Number: 805-383-8704 Agency Case Number: 80-12246 Sources: https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/11249 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Chouest#cite_note-guilty-9 http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1020ufca.html https://dnadoeproject.org/case/ventura-co-jane-doe/ DNA Doe Project March 2020 Update with last names: https://www.facebook.com/DNADoeProject/posts/2572013089724127 People v Davis (1994) ruling: https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/4th/7/797.html Image Credit: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children GEDmatch website: https://www.gedmatch.com/ FTDNA info: https://www.familytreedna.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/doe-identify/support

- 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   Subscribe, Rate and Review.

In this episode we discuss ethnicity estimates! I know a lot of you are interested in this, due to the popularity of the DNA tests. This past week Ancestry DNA put out their updated ethnicity results and I share my old and new results from them as well as MyHeritage and FTDNA (family tree DNA). We talk about the differences, why they are different and what exactly does an ethnicity estimate mean? Also, I put out a call for you to use your voice message feature to leave your short spooky family history story!! The link is below and as I stated in the episode it will be large, you can't miss it! If you have trouble with it don't hesitate to ask me about it on social media. You can find me on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. I'm also looking for your family history, DNA and adoption stories as always, but don't forget about the holiday stories! I LOVE the holidays and I am excited to talk with you about your memories of holidays gone by or any story you have of how they were celebrated in your family through the years. Also, don't forget we need those food and family history stories!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/timewilltell/message

- A few glitches in Ancestry's new segment notifications - Ethnicity, Race and the difference - Epic Odyssey Update with Lori Wagner Knisely  Subscribe, Rate and Review!

- We're back for Season 2 - Memorial Day and Genealogy - Thoughts on "The Genetic Detective" - Storytime with Shane Bouel Subscribe, Rate and Review

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

- Masks - 23andme's Covid19 Study - From the trenches - Book Nook - Part 2 of Drew Dalzell's Epic Odyssey Stay Home!

- Ceremonial naming of our "studio plant" -Census transcriptions and tidbits - From the trenches.... - Father fights for custody of daughter adopted out -Part 2 of story time with Alicia Valladao

- @joolsjackson downloads her experience at RootsTech 2020 -Story Time with Alicia Valladao Subscribe, Rate and Review!

- Shoutout to our new "Patrons" - A slowdown in Consumer DNA testing- why? - Searchable database that identifies emancipated slaves - Storytime with Carol J Laufer Covarrubias Subscribe, Rate and Review!

- Do TV shows trivialize the NPE experience? - Fertility Clinics lacked forethought - Genetic Screening in Sperm/Egg donors - International Adoptees living without Citizenship - Part 2 of Story Time with Michelle Tokar Subscribe, Rate, Review AND send us Patreon suggestions!

- 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 the future of COG Remember to Subscribe, Rate and Review

- 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 with Jonny Perl of @dnapainter    Subscribe, rate and review!

- 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 club - Storytime with Jenna Robertson   Remember to share this podcast with fellow GenGenies!!

-@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 preserve Ancestry Trees before you delete them - Woman has three children a month apart - Part 3 of my conversation with Lori Wagner Knisely Please subscribe, rate and review!!  And Share!!!

- 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 impact it will have on solving "cold-cases" - Julie experiences random acts of kindness when searching for biological families - Part 2 of Story-time with Lori Wagner Knisely PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, RATE AND REVIEW!

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 foundlingPaul.com   Please subscribe, rate and review.  Also, SHARE!

- 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 distance"? - Story Time with Paige Adams Strickland Please SHARE with people you like! 

- 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 features "Anna"- a birth mother who was found by the daughter she relinquished Subscribe, Rate, Review and SHARE this podcast!!

-@castlesongs tells of a warm gift from his dog -What has FTDNA done to cause an uproar in the Gen-Genie community? -@joolsjackson attempts to explain chromosome "common pile-up areas" -Story-time features Sharon McKee and her calling to set the record straight   Remember to subscribe, rate and review!

If you are a fan of PBS' Genealogy Roadshow, you know who Kenyatta Berry is. If you are on Genie Twitter, you know who Kenyatta Berry is. If you have been to, or seen talks from, SLIG or RootsTech, you know who Kenyatta Berry is. And if you're one of the many people who've bought The Family Tree Toolkit, you know who Kenyatta Berry is. But if you don't, this interview is a great chance to get to know her - she's an author, a researcher, a speaker, and a TV host. She's also very funny and candid. Listen and enjoy as she discusses her relationship with FTDNA, her writing process, her ongoing book tour, and whether or not Genealogy Roadshow will be returning for another season on PBS in the United States (you can watch it with subscription on Amazon Prime, or for $1.99 USD per episode on YouTube, iTunes and Google Play, as well). SPOILER ALERT: in this episode, audience participation is required!!! Please rate and review the podcast on your podcast provider, at https://apple.co/2MLZW4H, at facebook.com/AncestorsAliveGenealogy, or at Thumbtack.com. Hire me for American genealogical research, teaching, and forensic genealogy at ancestorsalivegenealogy.com. Only $50/hr, with a free consultation! If you want to be on the podcast from ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD using the Zoom platform and a good mic and earphones (how about that Family Cookbook series??), you can contact me at https://bit.ly/2Kxb6rm. Stop by the website at ancestorsalivegenealogy.com, IG @ancestorsalivegenealogy and Twitter @ancestorsalive Sponsor the podcast at patreon.com/AncestorsAlive for super-fantastic rewards, including SWAG for different levels of sponsorship. Subscribe to the YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/2lmhYha and the newsletter at paper.li/AncestorsAlive/1557599531. Check out my Zazzle shop at zazzle.com/store/fppppodcast for the aforementioned swag. Subscribe: RSS | Acast | Apple Podcasts | iHeartRADIO | Listen Notes | Soundcloud | Spotify | Spreaker| Stitcher| YouTube | TuneIn | Deezer

-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 Subscribe, Rate and Review....and SHARE!

-The GenGenie who solved the Golden State Killer case is revealed at last -Census, Obits and Directories- oh my! -@joolsjackson constructs a tree based on her NEW paternal DNA match- and discovers the magic of the Ancestry Algorithm- is this finally IT?   -Remember to Subscribe, Rate and Review!  

Bonus Content!  A midweek offering of the rest of the interview with my friend @betsyhadden!  More wine is consumed- and more tiny planes fly over.  Good Times!!   Remember to subscribe, rate and review!

@ReneeColvert has returned and still doesn't have her #AncestryDNA results What happened when the Government was offered free DNA kits? Sperm Donor off-spring record holders #ThreeIdenticalStrangers is a must see for all the people @mikeloffland shares his remarkable DNA story with us (listen for a tiny dog cameo) In the Epic Odyssey @joolsjackson begins her journey to meet her paternal family "Down Under" Remember to Subscribe, Rate and Review!

The Genealogy Gems Podcast with Lisa Louise Cooke In this episode, I'm celebrating the 100th episode of another podcast I host: the Family Tree Magazine podcast. So I'll flashback to one of my favorite interviews from that show, an inspiring get-in-shape conversation for your research skills: how you can strengthen your research muscles and tone those technology skills to find and share your family history. More episode highlights: News on Chronicling America and Scotland's People; Comments from guest expert Lisa Alzo on millions of Czech records that have recently come online; A YouTube-for-genealogy success story from a woman I met at a conference; An excerpt from the Genealogy Gems Book Club interview with Chris Cleave, author of Everyone Brave is Forgiven; Diahan Southard shares a DNA gem: the free website GEDmatch, which you might be ready for if you've done some DNA testing. Listen now - click the player below: NEWS: Genealogy.coach NEWS: GENEALOGY WEBSITE UPDATES NEW RECORDS ONLINE: FREE CZECH RECORDS AT FAMILYSEARCH.ORG On browse-only records: Though not fully indexed, the new Czech browse-only records number over 4 million. learn how to use browse-only collections on FamilySearch.org. Lisa Alzo, Eastern European genealogy expert and author of the new book comments on the significance of these records coming online: “These records are a real boon for Czech researchers because at one time the only to get records such as these was to write to an archive and taking a chance on getting a response or spending a lot of money to hire someone to find the records or to travel there yourself to do research in the archives.   The church records contain Images and some indexes of baptisms/births, marriages, and deaths that occurred in the Roman Catholic, Evangelical Lutheran, and Reformed Church parishes, as well as entries in those registers for Jews.  Land transactions containing significant genealogical detail for a time period that predates parish registers. The collection includes records from regional archives in Opava and Třeboň and from the district archive in Trutnov. School registers contain the full name for a child, birth date, place of birth, country, religion and father's full name, and place of residence. While researchers should keep in mind that not everything is yet online,and FamilySearch will likely add to its collection,  having these records from FS is an amazing resource for anyone whose ancestors may have come from these areas. And hopefully there are more records to come!” GENEALOGY GEMS NEWS Story of My Life by Sunny Morton, life story-writing journal available as a and as a Diahan Southard will be at the in Dublin, Ireland, October 21 to 23, 2016   Genealogy Gems app users:  For those of you who listen to this show through the Genealogy Gems app, your bonus handout is a PDF document with step-by-step instructions and helpful screenshots for Google image search on mobile devices. The and is only $2.99 for   Lisa Louise Cooke uses and recommends . From within RootsMagic, you can search historical records on FamilySearch.org, Findmypast.com and MyHeritage.com. And in the near future, RootsMagic will be fully integrated with Ancestry.com, too: you'll be able to sync your RootsMagic trees with your Ancestry.com trees and search records on the site.   Keep your family history research, photos, tree software files, videos and all other computer files safely backed up with Backblaze, the official cloud-based computer backup system for Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems. Learn more at . Review your search results—especially those that pop up in the Images category.   MAILBOX: Robin's YouTube Success Story YouTube video with Robyn's father: has an entire chapter on using YouTube to find family history in historical videos   MAILBOX: FEEDBACK ON THE PODCASTS Free, step-by-step podcast for beginners and a “refresher” course:   SHAPING UP WITH SUNNY MORTON celebrates 100th episode   Sunny Morton has get-in-shape advice for us—from strengthening research skills to toning tech muscles--from the article "Shaping Up" featured in the  More resources for genealogy education: GENEALOGY GEMS BOOK CLUB: , the best-selling novel by British author Chris Cleave. A love story set in World War II London and Malta. This story is intense, eye-opening and full of insights into the human experience of living and loving in a war zone—and afterward. is inspired by love letters exchanged between the author's grandparents during World War II. Video: for more Genealogy Gems Book Club titles is the place to make connections with relatives overseas, particularly with those who may still live in your ancestral homeland. : it's free to get started.     GEDMATCH WITH DIAHAN SOUTHARD, YOUR DNA GUIDEThe genetic genealogy community has a crush. A big one.  Everyone is talking about it. “It has such great features.” says one. “It has a chromosome browser!” exclaims another. “It's FREE!” they all shout. What are they talking about? GEDmatch is a mostly free online tool where anyone with autosomal DNA test results from 23andMe, FTDNA, and AncestryDNA can meet and share information. All you need to do is download your data from your testing company and upload it into your newly created GEDmatch account. GEDmatch is set up just like your testing company in that it provides two kinds of reports: ethnicity results, and a match list. Remember that ethnicity results, meaning those pie charts that report you are 15% Italian and 32% Irish, are based on two factors: a reference population and fancy math. GEDmatch has gathered data from multiple academic sources to provide you with several different iterations of ethnicity reports. This is like getting a second (and third and fourth, etc) opinion on a science that is still emerging. It is a fun exercise, but will likely not impact your genealogy research very much. The more important match list does allow you to see genetic cousins who have tested at other companies. Of course, only those who have downloaded their results and entered them into GEDmatch will show up on your list. This means GEDmatch has the potential to expand your pool of genetic cousins, increasing your chances of finding someone to help you track down that missing ancestor. Many also flock to GEDmatch because they were tested at AncestryDNA and thus do not have access to a chromosome browser. A chromosome browser allows you to visualize the physical locations that you share with someone else. Some find this to be a helpful tool when analyzing their DNA matches (though in my opinion it is not essential). GEDmatch also has some great genealogy features that let you analyze your pedigree against someone else's, as well as the ability to search all the pedigree charts in their system so you can look specifically for a descendant of a particular relative. However, even with all of these great features, GEDmatch is still yet another website you have to navigate, and with that will be a learning curve, and certainly some frustration. So, is it worth it? If you are fairly comfortable with the website where you were tested, and you are feeling both curious and patient, I say go for it. It's too much to try to tell you right this minute how to download your data from your testing site and upload it to GEDmatch. BUT you're in luck, I've put step-by-step instructions for getting started in a FREE tutorial on my website at . After you've done the upload, you may need a little bit more help to navigate the GEDmatch site because there are so many great tools on it. I recently published a , where I have condensed into four pages the most essential features of GEDmatch to get you started and help you make use of this tool for genetic genealogy. Using my guide is an inexpensive and easy way to get a lot more out of a free online resource. I will also be adding more GEDmatch tutorials to my online tutorial series later this fall, which Genealogy Gems fans get a nice discount on ( for that discount). By the way, have you tried GEDmatch? I would love to hear about your experiences. You can email me at .   DNA QUICK GUIDE BUNDLES: NEW AND ON SALE by Diahan Southard: GEDmatch: A Next Step for your Autosomal DNA Test Organizing Your DNA Matches: A Companion Guide Next Steps: Working with Your Autosomal DNA Matches   by Diahan Southard with ALL 10 Guides Getting Started: Genetics for the Genealogist Autosomal DNA for the Genealogist Mitochondrial DNA for the Genealogist Y Chromosome DNA for the Genealogist and Testing Companies: Understanding Ancestry: A Companion Guide to Autosomal DNA for the Genealogist Understanding Family Tree DNA: A Companion Guide to Autosomal DNA for the Genealogist Understanding 23 and Me: A Companion Guide to Autosomal DNA for the Genealogist and Advanced Tools Next Steps: Working With Your Autosomal DNA Matches Organzing Your DNA Matches GEDmatch: A Next Step for Your Autosomal DNA Test   Genealogy Gems Podcast turns 200: Tell me what you think?As we count down to the 200th episode of the free Genealogy Gems Podcast, what have been YOUR favorite things about the podcast? Any particular topics, interviews or segments of the show? What keeps you coming back? What would you like to hear more of? Email me at genealogygemspodcast@gmail.com, or leave a voicemail at (925) 272-4021, or send mail to: P.O. Box 531, Rhome, TX 76078. FREE NEWSLETTER:  

Get up to speed on the world of DNA and Genealogy in this episode. We'll explore in depth the ramifications of Ancestry closing down some of their DNA tests along with other businesses in their portfolio. Then you'll meet Your DNA Guide, Diahan Southard. She's a genealogy gem who will be joining us here on Genealogy Gems on a regular basis to help guide us through the murky waters of DNA research in easy to understand, and FUN terms.   Ancestry is shutting down 5 areas of their business In a recent media conference call Ancestry gave us the heads up that the next day they were going to announce the closures, and those of us on the call had the opportunity to ask questions before the announcement. While the spin is that they want to focus their efforts "in a way that provides the most impact, while also delivering the best service and best product experience to users" It is clear that these businesses were not their most profitable. It makes good business sense, and we certainly do want Ancestry to remain profitable so that it can remain in business. But that doesn't mean it won't be painful for many customers. The 5 areas shutting down are: Genealogy.com MyFamily MyCanvas LegacyDNA (y-DNA and mtDNA tests will be retired),  English version of Mundia These closures definitely did cause some pain with their customers, and I know that includes many of you listening right now. In fact I started receiving emails almost immediately that morning that Ancestry went public with this, and many of you also posted your comments on the  which I invited you to do in the newsletter article I sent out. In that article I told you that one of the most surprising moment in the conference call was when the Ancestry execs on the call were asked if the DNA samples that customer submitted, particularly those samples of deceased relatives) could be returned so as to be further processed by other companies.  The answer: No.  When pressed if they would allow customers to upgrade tests run on those samples before they were destroyed (yes, they made it very clear they will be destroyed) the answer was that well...they hadn't really thought about that. Leave it to genealogists to ask the important questions, and my hope is that Ancestry will take this question to heart before the closing date of September 5, 2014.  , and click through on the area you are interested in to get more answers to questions about the closures.  My impression during the call was that they were caught off guard a bit by the push back from those of us on the call regarding the DNA samples. Ancestry is focused on profitability - and I don't blame them for that, they are in business. If they don't remain profitable they go out of biz and we all lose. It probably wasn't as easy for them to think through the impact on every day family historians because some if not many of the top execs (and I've met them – they are nice people) are not genealogists. So first I want to share with you some of the comments I've received, and then I will give you some of my personal opinions on the subject.   Please click image to visit our Sponsor: & tell them you heard about them on The Genealogy Gems Podcast!   Comments from You: Graham in Australia writes: "This morning I found the following Ancestry DNA announcement in my email and felt the need to immediately respond. No sooner had I sent my response and your newsletter arrived on this very subject. I thought you might be interest in my response as I am sure there will be many people out there who will be similarly betrayed. I paid out some $250 in 2009 to have my Y-DNA test done with them knowing that this was going to be a long term investment to possibly find matches. I am glad Ancestry don't hand my superannuation savings. To ancestry: I am disgusted that ancestry is taking this action. You appear to only be after short term gains rather than the long term which is where the strength of DNA testing resides. In 2009 I invested in my Y-DNA test knowing that this will likely take several years to yield useful paternal match results which was the main thrust behind doing the tests. I don't know who is my biological paternal grandfather and have through the matching facility I have been in contact with the closest person yet and while quite distant it has given me some direction and hope that a match can be found in the future. Your action to remove this has just killed that possibility.  I for one will not be considering taking any autosomal tests with you as this will likely be dumped sometime in the near future." Roxanne in Oregon writes: "I am very upset with Ancestry.com and their comments about not returning DNA (Y & mt) samples or giving the opportunity to upgrade the test. Could this be just the beginning?  I understand about “business” but their policy of “destruction” is not acceptable.  This seems to violate a code of ethics that we have all come to rely on when giving samples to further science as well as our own research.  Who knows what the future will hold after we are long gone? Surely our DNA samples will become more helpful as testing becomes more acute. At the very least samples should be able to be transferred to another DNA lab, even if one needs to pay for it.   Who can we write letters to at Ancestry.com and at what address? Maybe if they get enough response the policy of “destruction” will be re-analyzed."    Ken Chahine on June 12, 2014 in AncestryDNA Comments of note on the Ancestry follow up post: “Also, did anyone else notice that they mentioned that many of the samples are past shelf life? How does FTDNA guarantee 25 yrs of maintaining our samples?” “What I'm a little less clear on is why you're just deleting the results off the website. Can't you simply archive them so that they're viewable? Does it really take that much effort or bandwidth to simply let me see my mtDNA haplogroup?” “BUT I have to question how committed you are to my research when you delete a valuable tool that I paid you for.” Susan on the Genealogy Gems Podcast fan page on Facebook: “Ancestry.com should NOT destroy the DNA! Especially for persons now deceased. They should make every effort to return samples if people ask for them by a specific date. I guess they're thinking about liability issues and bogus requests but I'm sure they can figure out a way to ascertain that the person asking is related to the DNA.” From Tom: Facebook page and online petition to persuade Ancestry.com not to destroy their YDNA and mtDNA samples and data. "Stop Ancestry.com's DNA Dump"    Lisa's opinion on all of this: It comes down to personal responsibility and forward thinking I think it's a mistake not to offer alternatives to their customers for retention of the samples. However, I always preach to you, my listeners that you need to retain control of all that is important to you and be responsible. We must be responsible and not put it in someone else's hands. When you test (particularly an older relative), you should save a sample and keep it in your lock box at home if it matters to you. I'm sympathetic to all involved because this is new territory and it's easy to miss thinking through the ramifications. But it's just like I recommend that you never use Ancestry as their one and only tree. Post your tree, that's fine, but retain the master on a database on your own computer, and then back up your computer! Finally, I think offering only autosomal is trendy rather than a true comprehensive product tool for the genealogist. I just published some excellent "Getting Stared" DNA Guides in my website store for this very reason. No test and no company is right for everyone. So in my opinion Ancestry is now no longer offering a true complete DNA service to genealogists. They are capitalizing on a trend. This is just my personal opinion of course. Linda writes: "I just purchased a dna kit from Ancestry.  Knowing now that they are discontuing that part of the program, can I send sample elsewhere?  Suggestions of what, where, how to get this done?” Lisa's Answer: If it were me, I would probably get a refund and start fresh with FamilyTreeDNA. Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast episode 92 includes an interview with their founder Bennett Greenspan. Also, we in our store that are excellent resources: Getting Started: Genetics for the Genealogist Y Chromosom DNA for the Genealogist Randy in Seattle was concerned about another one of the businesses Ancestry is dropping MyCanvas: “I just got a notice that Ancestry is dropping it's MyCanvas service.  I can understand not wanted to invest a lot into trying to keep it up to date with other printing services.  However, they are not only dropping the service, they are doing it in less than 3 months, all content will be deleted, there is no way to export the existing projects, and there is no alternative service to which all the work which has gone into existing projects can be transferred.   I am a long time Ancestry member and a follower of your podcasts and web page.  Generally I defend ancestry against a lot the complaints people have about them but this is pretty disheartening news for me.  I have puts 100's of hours into creating a number of ancestry projects and having a printed copy is not the same as having the electronic version available to update and get a new updated print. Do you have any suggestions on how to make concerns known to ancestry, and do you think there is any possibility of getting them to modify their plans.  I would be happy with finding some place or way to download the electronic projects and would at least appreciate more time to get my existing projects finished and printed, especially those I am creating for extended family who will want time to review and print their own copies.” Lisa's Answer: Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. You can visit their original blog post on the subject . Leave a comment on that particular post - they are monitoring it. You can also click through on the MyCanvas link for more info. You can also tweet them on Twitter at @ancestry As to an alternative, personally I use Lulu.com. While it is not a genealogy site, it is excellent and print on demand publishing (books, photo books, calendars, etc.) They have been around quite a while and publishing is all they do, so I expect them to be around for a long time to come. Katharine in Ohio is also going to miss MyCanvas wrote: “My heart sank when I received the email from Ancestry.com about their MyCanvas section retiring. I just printed another chart as a wedding gift and have a couple more in the works. The service was just what I wanted, easy to work with, prompt and provided a beautiful product for a reasonable price. I've heard of Heartland and will investigate them. Can anyone else recommend places to have charts printed?” Lisa recommends:   Please click image to visit our Sponsor: & tell them you heard about them on The Genealogy Gems Podcast!   GEM: Diahan Southard, Your DNA Guide Diahan Southard has worked with the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation, and has been in the genetic genealogy industry since it has been an industry. She holds a degree in Microbiology and her creative side helps her break the science up into delicious bite-sized pieces for you. She's the author of our DNA guides