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So everything or niche?
I’ve wondered often what I could really blog about, have a podcast… Is it the Adoptee stuff I’m finally looking at deeply in 2020? Is it DNA research, the search, the finding, the techniques? Is it the self-help, how is it I keep being… Continue Reading “So everything or niche?”
Labor day dumpster fire 2020
I’m the responsible party for my father, his well-being, his health, his life. Over 2 years now, this role is still odd to me. But I’m the kid! Well, Dad doesn’t know squat, he just knows he’s lost, and I’m the last person he… Continue Reading “Labor day dumpster fire 2020”
Goodbye to a Decade
2010 dawned in Dolores Colorado. I was all-in on the hotel, struggling along in that horrible economy, and Don, Doug and I were probably freezing our asses off in the wooden box which was The Rio Grande Southern Hotel , built in 1893. That… Continue Reading “Goodbye to a Decade”
4 Months
Two days ago I hit double digit milestone 55. I’ve been thinking about a lot of how I got here, and how the being relinquished at birth and adoption affected me. Here I am, tiny, pleasing almost #BabyYoda like cooing and smiling at age… Continue Reading “4 Months”
How unraveling works
My new found with DNA distant cousin brought me a case I’ve worked on about 10 hours… and I think I’ve identified the missing American GI – at least narrowed it down to one of 3 brothers and it’s matching the math to the… Continue Reading “How unraveling works”
Book Title
Whore Genes: A memoir I think I have it. A book theme. See, a Gedmatch cousin emailed me. She matches bioDad at 47 cms. She’s got a story… her mom was born to an English teenager, WWII American GI and poof – that’s her… Continue Reading “Book Title”
Disenfranchised
I’ve thought a lot this year about Ambiguous Grief. Where what your mourning isn’t cut and dry. Learned a new term that’s similar, and appropriate. Disenfranchised Grief: “Grief that persons experience when they incur a loss that is not or cannot be openly acknowledged, socially… Continue Reading “Disenfranchised”
Desire
The idea that a career using DNA to find the truth has long been an desire of mine. I made this site to talk about this with others, and to help find clients, gigs, projects. It’s a unique set of skills and personality traits… Continue Reading “Desire”
The 13th
Today is October 13th. 2018. The shitiest year in recent memory. My found biosister’s birthday, and my ex’s too. Good Libra triskaidekaphobia. A day I like historically. Today I analyzed, researched and booked the travel, truck for moving, and my brother locked down a… Continue Reading “The 13th”
Tangled Web We Weave
I’ve been working on and off for MONTHS and MONTHS on a case for a 50-something friend whose husband is a cousin from my Italian side. I’ve had the family narrowed down for months. And she has a match, at 544 cms, who’s also… Continue Reading “Tangled Web We Weave”
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