My Family Genie

04/07/2026

Proud to be part of this one!

Fifteen years after the skull fragment of a man was found on the shores of Lake Champlain, the DNA Doe Project has identified him as 87-year-old Arthur Weiss. In a surprising twist, Weiss was not a missing person - he had died in New York City eight months prior, before his ashes were scattered on Lake Champlain. This identification proves that the skull fragment found was the result of a memorial scattering rather than a disappearance, resolving the mystery of the man formerly known only as Burlington John Doe.

🔗 Visit the link in the comments to read our full press release about this identification

04/05/2026

A favorite 😂. Happy Easter to all who celebrate!
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04/04/2026

Received quite a few messages from people wondering how is related to her husband, Gerry, after she took an AncestryDNA test 😂. After watching the episode, the aftershow, and now poking around the family trees, unless there's some sort of misattributed parentage event I can't know about, I see no traceable connection. Liz mentioned on the aftershow that she learned about her mother's biological father from the test and that his mother was a McGraw. Assuming what I'm seeing is true, the surname was actually McGrath, though the two surnames are variants of each other. I also couldn't definitively determine where her McGraths are from. Besides the Irish, both Liz and her husband seem to have some English ancestry as well. Without knowing how much DNA they share exactly, if there are any shared matches, etc., I can't really speculate. If I'm relying on what I can see, best guess is that the amount is small and very possibly untraceable on paper.

04/01/2026

If you see this, it means I'm wishing you Chag Pesach Sameach, a Happy Passover!
#פסח

03/31/2026

Amanda and West have put out a joint statement. This all feels very high school, so yearbook photos made sense. Does the statement really say what we think?!

03/29/2026

Chase McWhorter 🤝 Harry Dubin

03/27/2026

Someone in the comments said that Jessi and Chase are cousins, so I looked into it. They appear to be 6th cousins, sharing 5th great-grandparents William Taylor (1787-1839) and Elizabeth Patrick (1793-1880). Before people freak out, 1) 6th cousins are unlikely to share any DNA and 2) Not uncommon among those of LDS lineage or groups tied to each other culturally, religiously, geographically, etc.

03/25/2026

Yikes. There have been rumblings of more cases 😬. As always, mostly thinking about the kids 😢.

03/23/2026

Tate Paul, Taylor's ex, has made a TikTok video from 2022 public to prove the account belongs to him. People questioned if recent reposts that harshly criticize Taylor were really him doing it, so this seems to be his response.

03/21/2026

Allegedly, Tate Paul, Taylor's ex, reposted a couple TikToks. Sharing one here he reposted from alyssabaeza. The handle, mrtatepaul, is one Taylor herself regularly tagged. Although it's certainly possible he deleted the account and someone took the handle, the link in the bio is music, also linked on his IG. If it's him, seems pretty clear how he feels about all this.

03/20/2026

Sad news. Actor and martial artist Chuck Norris has passed away at age 86. Yearbook photo from 1958. RIP.

03/20/2026

I miss a simpler time when the biggest SLOMW drama was whether the Afflecks were related to this man and questionable choices with cereal.