Author: laurenmrobilliard
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Annabelle and Adam’s searches
*All names have been changed. Initial search goals: 1) Identify Annabelle’s biological paternal grandfather. 2) Identify Annabelle’s paternal grandmother’s biological parents Part 1: Annabelle’s results Annabelle reached out near the start of this year for help with her search. Her late father, Ben, had been adopted in the 1960s. Ben’s biological mother, Netta, who Annabelle…
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Taylynn’s search
*All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Taylynn’s biological father Earlier this year, Taylynn reached out for help with identifying her biological father. She was an adoptee, and had already made contact with her maternal side, but needed some help with the paternal side. Taylynn had done DNA testing with both AncestryDNA and 23andMe,…
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Hanna’s search
*All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Hanna’s biological father Hanna’s search is one of the most unique ones I have ever done. Last year, before I met Hanna, in the summer of 2024 I met a woman named Chanah through doing some local genealogy research. Chanah and I struck up a friendship right…
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Delaney’s search
*All names have been changed. Search goal: Identify Delaney’s biological father Delaney reached out to me for help identifying her biological father. She was adopted and had some information on her maternal side via her identifying and non identifying information. Delaney had done an AncestryDNA test and had already identified some of her maternal matches,…
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Julia’s search
*All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Julia’s biological father Julia reached out for some help with her search. Julia was adopted, and had already reunited with her maternal side of her biological family, but needed some help with her paternal side. She had done an AncestryDNA test and had some decent matches, so…
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Ruth’s search
*All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Ruth’s biological father Ruth reached out for help earlier this year with her search. After doing an AncestryDNA test for fun, she had discovered the father that raised her was not her biological father. Both her parents had passed away, so she only had her DNA results…
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James’s search
*All names have been changed. Search goal: Identify James’ biological father Kim reached out for help with her late father James’s search. He was not adopted, but had been raised by his mother in England and had never known who his biological father was. James had done an AncestryDNA test before he had passed away,…
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Caroline’s search
*All names have been changed. Search goal: Identify Caroline’s biological parents Caroline is an adoptee who reached out earlier this year for help with her search. She knew when and where she was born, but had no other details besides that. Caroline had done an AncestryDNA test and had applied for her adoption information when…
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Melanie’s search
*All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Melanie’s biological father Melanie reached out for help earlier this year with help identifying her biological father. She was not adopted, and had been raised by her mother, so she already knew her maternal side which was helpful. Melanie had done an AncestryDNA test, so she sent…
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Rebecca’s search
Rebecca’s search is unique in that it does not feature adoption or a DNA surprise. At first. I debated posting it but ultimately it highlights how genetic genealogy can help reunite families even when there is no adoption or NPE situation. Rebecca reached out for assistance with building her paternal side of the family tree.…
Lauren’s Genetic Genealogy 