Tag: solved cases

*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…

*All names have been changed. Search goal: Identify Kimberly’s biological maternal great-grandparents Kimberly reached out to me recently for help finding her maternal grandfather Albert’s parents. She knew he had been born and adopted in Ontario in 1915, and had done an AncestryDNA test hoping to learn more. Though I wasn’t sure I’d be able…

*All names have been changed Search goal: Find Kenneth’s biological father Janine, who I helped last year, reached out to me last month to see if I could help out a new match of hers. Kenneth had popped up as a close match on Janine’s paternal side, which was the side I had researched for…

*All names have been changed. Search goal: Find Gwen’s biological father Gwen’s search angel Kaylee reached out to me for help with finding Gwen’s biological father. She wanted to learn more about DNA, so I guided her through the process, and we put the pieces in place together. I explained to Kaylee how to sort…

*All names have been changed Search goal: Find Gianne’s biological parents Gianne is an adoptee who reached out for help finding her biological parents- her friend who I had helped two years ago thought I might be able to help her out. She had done an AncestryDNA test, and also had several papers of non…

*All names have been changed. Search goal: Find Fiona’s biological father Fiona reached out for help last year finding her biological father. She knew her maternal side, and had tested with AncestryDNA and 23andMe, which matched her with thousands of people on her paternal side. Her paternal side had deep roots in New Brunswick, and…

*All names have been changed. Search goal: Find Rachel’s paternal grandparents Rachel is the adult daughter of an adoptee named Tim, and Rachel was curious about her paternal ancestry. For this search, I communicated with Rachel’s mother Amy who had some non identifying information about Rachel’s paternal grandparents. The information included information about the grandparents’…

*All names have been changed. Search goal: Find Mervin’s biological parents *All names have been changed. Mervin is a Canadian adoptee whose wife Liz reached out at the start of 2022 for help with his search. At this point, they had the maiden name of his birthmother, and knew that she had also been adopted,…

*All names have been changed Search goal: Find Donovan’s biological father Donovan had reached out last year for help with finding his biological father. He had done an AncestryDNA test in hopes of finding him. Though Donovan had been born in Canada, he knew he was conceived in California. So I took a look at…