Category: solved cases

*All names have been changed Search goal: Find Kristen’s biological mother Kristen is an adoptee who reached out for help a few months back to find her biological mother. Her AncestryDNA test had matched her with a few paternal half siblings, so that side had been figured out. She also had non-identifying information about her…

*All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Roger’s paternal grandfather Roger contacted me earlier this year for help finding the identity of his paternal grandfather. Roger’s father wasn’t an adoptee, but there was a 105 year old family mystery of who his father was. Roger knew it was likely between the two husbands of…

*All names have been changed. Search goals: Find Kendra’s biological father, and find Kendra’s maternal half siblings Kendra reached out for help with assistance in finding her biological father, as well as her maternal half siblings. She had heard that her biological father was between one of two men who knew her biological mother. I…

*All names have been changed Search goal: Find paternal great grandmother Richard’s wife Nellie reached out to me a while back for help with Richard’s family mystery. Richard’s family did not know the biological mother of his paternal grandmother, who had been adopted in the early 1900s as a child. They had found Richard’s paternal…

*All names have been changed. Search goal: Identify Kathy’s biological father Kathy reached out for help finding the identity of her biological father. Her mother had told her it was a man named Robert McKinnon, the man known to be her father, but Kathy’s DNA results were seemingly not showing any relation to a McKinnon…

*All names have been changed Search goal: Find Andrew’s biological mother Andrew is a Canadian adoptee whose wife reached out for assistance with his search at the start of the year. They had found Andrew’s paternal side, but needed help with the maternal side. They knew Andrew’s biological mother’s name, which was a fairly common…

*All names have been changed Search goal: Find Marina’s paternal grandparents Marina reached out for help finding her paternal grandparents. Her father was adopted, and Marina had his birth registration that had his biological mother’s name (Sandra), and used this to find the residence of Sandra and her parents when Marina’s dad was born. When…

*All names have been changed Search goal: Find Matthew’s biological parents Matthew’s wife reached out for help with his search. He was adopted and knew his biological mother’s full name, and that she was from Newfoundland. I took a look at Matthew’s AncestryDNA matches and could quickly see that both of his biological parents were going…

*All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Diane’s maternal grandfather Diane’s search was a quick one from earlier this month. Diane reached out in hopes of identifying her biological maternal grandfather. She had taken an AncestryDNA test and had already created a tree based on her line of maternal grandfather matches, but needed another…