Lauren’s Genetic Genealogy

Tag: adoption

  • Rayna’s search

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    *All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Rayna’s biological father Rayna reached out for help for assistance with identifying her biological father. She was an adoptee, and had found her maternal side already. Rayna had some non identifying information, as well as a first name for her biological father. She had also done AncestryDNA…

  • Geoffrey’s search

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    *All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Geoffrey’s biological father Geoffrey’s wife Josie reached out on his behalf for help with his search. Geoffrey is an adoptee and had reconnected with his maternal side, but he needed some help with his paternal side. I showed Josie how to set me up as a collaborator…

  • Tristan’s search

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    *All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Tristan’s biological father Tristan is a Canadian adoptee and a first cousin of Andrew, another adoptee I assisted two years ago. We knew from Andrew’s search that Tristan was a maternal first cousin- Andrew and Tristan’s biological mothers were sisters. A few years had gone by and…

  • Amber’s search

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    *All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Amber’s biological paternal grandparents Amber reached out for help with identifying her dad Carl’s biological parents. He was an adoptee and they had a bit of information, including his last name at birth as well as place of birth. Amber and Carl had both done AncestryDNA tests,…

  • Cassie’s search

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    *All names have been changed. Primary search goal: Identify Cassie’s biological father Secondary search goal: Identify Cassie’s maternal grandparents Part 1: Cassie’s biological father Cassie reached out for help with identifying her biological father. Cassie and her twin sister Cayley were adopted, and had reunited with their biological mother, who had also been adopted. Cassie…

  • Piper’s search

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    *All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Piper’s biological great grandfather Piper’s search is a search very close to my heart, because she is my own first cousin! Our biological mothers are sisters, and I met Piper when I was 20 years old and Piper was 13, almost 7 years ago now. Piper’s search…

  • Sky’s search

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    *All names have been changed. Search goal: Identify Sky’s biological father. Sky’s search was a quick one that took less than half an hour. Sky is an adoptee who reached out for help with his DNA results and finding his biological father. My friend and fellow search angel Sarah had helped him with his maternal…

  • Moira’s search

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    *All names have been changed. Search goal: Identify Moira’s biological father Moira reached out for help recently with finding her biological father. She was adopted and had already found her biological mother, but needed help with her paternal side. She had done an AncestryDNA test and sent me a collaborator invite so I could get…

  • Donna’s search

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    *All names have been changed. Search goal: Identify Donna’s biological parents Donna’s daughter Darlene reached out for help with their family’s search. Donna had been adopted in the 1930s and was looking for the identities of her biological parents. She had done an AncestryDNA test and had identified some of the common last names in…

  • Ayden’s search

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    *All names have been changed. Search goal: Identify Ayden’s biological parents. Ayden reached out for help with his search for his biological parents. He had posted on an adoption search page on Facebook with some info about what he knew, and I offered to help him with his DNA results. He had done a 23andMe…