Tag: solved cases

*All names have been changed. Search goal: Determine Connie’s relationship to a match, and find Connie’s biological father Connie initially reached out for help earlier this year with a question about one of her matches. Her first cousin’s child, Anna, was matching her around 1300cm, which is much higher than the expected first cousin once…

*All names have been changed. Search goal: Identify Joseph’s biological father Joseph reached out for help finding his biological father. He had some non identifying information, including the year of birth for his biological father. He also knew his maternal side, which helped split his AncestryDNA matches into maternal/paternal easily. Joseph’s paternal matches split into…

*All names have been changed Search goal: Identify George’s biological parents George is an adoptee who reached out for help finding his biological parents. He had his original birth registration, so he knew his biological mother’s name and age, but that was all the information he had. He took an AncestryDNA test in hopes of…

*All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Daniel’s biological parents Daniel reached out for help identifying his biological parents. He was adopted and had some information about his biological families. Daniel had also taken an AncestryDNA test and was matched with many close relatives. Daniel was matched in the first cousin range to a…

*All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Pamela’s biological mother Pamela reached out a while back for help finding her biological mother. She had found her biological father’s side through DNA testing with Ancestry, but she had fewer matches on her maternal side. However, her search was a fast one thanks to helpful relatives…

*All names have been changed Search goal: Find Susan’s biological parents Susan’s search was one that took about eight months and many people helped us out with her search. This is a longer read, so get comfy. Susan was born in BC and had done an AncestryDNA test, a 23andMe test, and had uploaded to…

*All names have been changed. Search goal: Find Cassidy’s biological father My friend and fellow genetic genealogist Jane reached out for help with Cassidy’s search. Cassidy was searching for her biological father, and her paternal side had a bit of east coast endogamy, along with several paternal matches also adopted or without trees, that was…

*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…