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.

Before you give someone else the gift of a DNA test, it’s important to do your homework. Are you ready?

I was adopted as a child and my birth mother never told my father about me—she only knew his first name, so there really wasn’t a way to find him anyhow. I was able to identify him through DNA testing and reached out.

A story about a baby recently born after having been a cryopreserved embryo for the past 27 years has made headlines around the globe.

DNA tests come in many varieties and sizes. 23andMe’s test comes in three versions, and beyond that you can find other tests that might tell you things 23andMe’s genotype analysis does not.

Genetic counselors have advanced degrees and training that make them specially equipped to work with anyone with questions about family history, personal medical history, or DNA testing in general.

Many “reunions” between biological relatives that have taken place after a DNA test discovery have led to disappointment on one, many, or all sides. Contact is refused. Contact goes great and then one party begins ghosting the other. Communications end, on a sour note or unexpectedly. Why is this?

Every family is different. DNA discoveries change who we know and how we related and with whom we spend our time talking and being together. What happens when two people who conceived a child as teens reconnect later in life and decide to marry?

Online courses are a great way to learn about topics you want to understand better at a pace that fits your life. You might have all the books you need, but a structured lesson plan that can go with you wherever you are is sometimes better than a full bookshelf.

Fellow genetic counselor Deepti Babu and I discussed what to do if you unwrap a gift and discover it's a DNA test.