Lauren’s Genetic Genealogy

Author: laurenmrobilliard

  • Patricia’s search

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    *All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Patricia’s biological mother Patricia reached out for help recently with the search for identifying her biological mother. Patricia was adopted, and had identifying information about her biological mother from her adoption paperwork. Patricia had done AncestryDNA and 23andMe tests, which helped her learn the identity of her…

  • Jade’s search

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    *All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Jade’s biological parents Jade reached out for help with her search for her biological parents recently. She was adopted, and had not yet received any of her adoption information- she only knew that her biological mother was a teenager when Jade was born. Jade had also done…

  • Evelyn’s search

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    *All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Evelyn’s biological father Evelyn reached out for help with her search for her biological father. I had already assisted her two maternal half sisters Josephine and Carol, and she was hopeful I could find her answers as well. Evelyn had done an AncestryDNA test and her half…

  • Carl’s search

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    *All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Carl’s biological father Carl reached out for help with his search for his biological father about a year ago. He had found his biological mother already but needed some help with the paternal side. Carl had done an AncestryDNA test, so he sent me an invite to…

  • Pamela’s search

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    *All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Pamela’s biological father Pamela and her search angel Tara reached out for help earlier this year with her search. Pamela was adopted, and Tara had helped her identify her biological mother’s side already, which was great. They needed some help with the paternal side of things, and…

  • Esther’s search

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    *All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Esther’s paternal grandparents Esther’s search is now the longest one I’ve worked on, but it’s proof I never give up and that there is always hope for getting answers to one’s family mysteries. Our collaboration began in early 2021, when Esther and I connected on a Facebook…

  • Ashley’s search

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    *All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Ashley’s biological father Ashley reached out for help with her search for her biological father. She was not adopted, but had never known the identity of her biological father. She had done an AncestryDNA test and had a close family match on her paternal side, along with…

  • Isabel’s search

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    *All names have been changed. Search goal: Identify Isabel’s biological father Isabel reached out for help with identifying her biological father. She had done an AncestryDNA test, and had a bit of non-identifying information about him from her biological mother (which ended up being completely inaccurate). She added me as a collaborator to her matches…

  • Selene’s search

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    *All names have been changed. Search goal: Identify Selene’s paternal grandfather Selene reached out for help with the search for her biological paternal grandfather. Her father had never known who his own biological father was, and had died long before DNA tests were available. Selene’s father was born in a fairly remote northern mining town…

  • Carol’s search

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    *All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Carol’s biological father Carol reached out last month for help identifying her biological father. She was not adopted, but had never known who her biological father was. I had recently assisted Carol’s maternal half sister Josephine with her search, which I thought would make match splitting easy.…