Lyrics Genetic Counseling Song - Marc Gunn

I ask you questions
To build your pedigree
You share half-siblings in your history
Running short on white out
But I've got to correct
Your brother of a step mother I don't need
To connect
Ancestry, birth defects, disabilities
I'm putting the final touch on your family tree
Four generations in, and I just about lost it
When you said, "By the way, does it matter
That I'm adopted?"

Genetic counselors
Genetic what?
Genetic counselors
Let us look into your genes
FISH and SNPs, Arrays and WES
We'll teach you what it means
Setup your appointment for Genetic counseling

It's Friday afternoon
But I'm here working late
An insurance warrior with letters to write
Benefits, investigations
Medical necessity pre-authorizations
The paperwork piles with each case I complete
It's up to me to get the testing that they need
So I keep color coding, stacking, and sorting
How time has flown. Oh Look!
It's Monday morning

Genetic counselors
Genetic what?
Genetic counselors
Let us look into your genes
FISH and SNPs, Arrays and WES
We'll teach you what it means
Setup your appointment for Genetic counseling

I pick up the phone
On the second ring
DTC testing. It's my favorite thing
But I hear them out. I assess their risk
But every word I say
Is missed
They fill my brain with questions. I groan in despair
Because they they read about it on a blog somewhere
Keeping my patience is oh so hard
It's just another case of MTHFR

Genetic counselors
Genetic what?
Genetic counselors
Let us look into your genes
FISH and SNPs Arrays and WES
We'll teach you what it means
Setup your appointment for Genetic counseling
FISH and SNPs, arrays and WES
We'll teach you what it means
Setup your appointment for Genetic counseling