Lauren’s Genetic Genealogy

Category: solved cases

  • Caroline’s search

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    *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…

  • Melanie’s search

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    *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…

  • Rebecca’s search

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    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.…

  • Malcolm’s search

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    *All names have been changed. Search goal: Identify Malcolm’s biological father Malcolm is a Canadian adoptee who reached out for help identifying his biological father. He had already found his maternal side, but needed some help with his paternal side search. Initially, Malcolm had only done a 23andMe test, and had uploaded to the various…

  • Diana’s search

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    *All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Diana’s paternal grandfather Tyler, who I had assisted earlier this year, reached out for help a few months back for help with another family mystery. His relative, Diana, from his father’s adoptive family had done a DNA test, and it had revealed that her father had a…

  • Helena’s search

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    *All names have been changed. Search goal: Identify Helena’s biological father Helena is Canadian adoptee who reached out for help with identifying her biological father. She had already reunited and met with her maternal side, but needed some help with the paternal side. Helena had done a DNA test with Ancestry, and she also knew…

  • Kenna’s search

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    *All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Kenna’s paternal great grandparents Kenna reached out for help with identifying her paternal great grandparents. Her paternal grandmother Margaret had been adopted in the 1920s, and though she had the names of her grandma’s bio parents, she was looking to confirm the lineages and trace their families…

  • Della’s search

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    *All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Della’s biological father Della is a Canadian adoptee who reached out for some help with identifying her biological father. She knew her maternal family side already, but her biomom had passed away and she only had DNA results to go on. I showed Della how to get…

  • Betty’s search

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    *All names have been changed. Search goal: Identify Betty’s biological father. Betty’s search is one that has taken a few years from start to finish. Betty is an adoptee that took an AncestryDNA test in hopes of identifying her biological father. She already knew her maternal side, and her biological mother had passed away several…

  • Janice’s search

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    *All names have been changed. Primary search goal: Identify Janice’s biological father Secondary search goal: Identify Janice’s maternal grandfather Part 1: Janice’s biological father Janice is an adoptee who reached out for help with her search for her biological father. She had already found and met her biological mother, who gave her her biological father’s…