This is a post aimed at educating the professionals who work with people having DNA testing who are familiar with and in a position to share unexpected findings such as incest/high ROH. At the end, we offer a call-to-action. NOTE: Please proceed to the full post only if you are prepared to read about shocking topics including sexual trauma, DNA trauma, severe family dysfunction and abuse.

On today's episode, Glaser talks with DNA Clarity and Support host Brianne Kirkpatrick about the history of coerced adoption in the United States and the influence of culture and stigma on women who in other circumstances might have chosen to parent rather than surrender their to the adoption system.

Creativity comes in many forms and is a powerful way to find healing. Today we share a free resource with you, a downloadable, printable e-book called Haiku Inspired by DNA. It has space to doodle and color while you read.

For many years, I have followed the genealogy blogger Roberta Estes and learned from her diverse posts. Many of them have little to do with genealogy and more to do with LIFE in general. Roberta’s most recent, and insightful, blog post covered a multitude of topics, including relationships, holidays, estrangement, and the impact of covid on families over the past two years.

Conveying unexpected news is never easy, and it's natural to feel uncertain going into it. The world of DNA testing and surprise DNA discoveries has made ‘breaking the news’ a new part of life for many people.

The recent surge in MyHeritage TikToks trending seems to be attributable to a recent release of a feature on their site called “deep nostalgia.” This tool allows you to convert a still photograph of a person into a short animated clip.

DNA surprise discoveries are not confined to one person in a family. When a DNA discovery upsets the truth, we see everyone involved hit with the ripples. Pain and anger, clarity and relief---all of these are common and normal reactions.

If you’re a podcast listener, you might enjoy the latest interview of Watershed DNA founder Brianne as she chats with the host of Patient Stories, Eleanor Griffith, about resources. Episode 63 is a follow up to a conversation that first took place on Patient Stories two years ago.

I received an email from someone whose cousins got married. They had questions about this.

Should I help someone who wants to search for her egg donor? Is it any different from a search for a biological parent in an adoption search?

In the New York Times this week, coverage on an unusual case. NYT reporter Heather Murphy wrote about the story of a man whom researchers are studying because he had received a stem cell transplant, and subsequent DNA testing revealed unusual results.

You will find many articles online and shows on TV telling you all you can learn from DNA testing. You won’t find much about what DNA can’t tell you, so I’ll review a few of the common test types and talk about the details not often mentioned.

Once a year, we celebrate Genetic Counselor Awareness Day! That day is upon us!

Umbilical cord blood donation allows a type of stem cell transplant.

Are you hoping to locate biological family via records search, DNA testing, or possibly both?

There are many varieties of DNA testing, some that are extensive scans of your DNA and some that provide focused or partial information.

US customers of 23andMe can request reimbursement for part of their testing.

Severance Magazine is a resource for the growing group of individuals who learn they have been separated by biological relatives.

There are four other types of sibling relationships with variations of DNA sharing.

Sometimes I fear the media attention of direct-to-consumer test in recent years comes at the expense of the most vulnerable in society: children and adults living with rare disease.