Tag: solved cases

  • Alex’s (and Shannon’s!) search

    Search goals: find Alex’s biological parents, and Shannon’s biological father *All names have been changed.  Alex’s search was one that took over 2 months to solve, and also had a mystery within the search that ended up being solved too! Alex was curious about their heritage and did not know anything about their biological relatives,…

  • Samuel’s search

    Search goal: Find Samuel’s biological father *All names have been changed. Samuel’s search is another one that took a few months to solve and was only really solved by someone deciding to do a test and showing up in Samuel’s Ancestry match list. It’s been solved since March, but some completed searches I have not…

  • Mikayla’s search

    Search goal: Find Mikayla’s biological parents *All names have been changed. Mikayla’s search is one that has taken nearly 3 months to solve! Mikayla is a Saskatchewan adoptee who was searching for both biological parents. We knew her birthmom’s side was of Ukrainian descent and had a rough age for her, but that was about…

  • Michael’s search

    Search goal: Find Michael’s biological father *All names have been changed. This case was solved in a near record amount of time. Thanks to the help of fellow search angels Danielle and Kameron, we found Michael’s birth father in about two hours. Some people ask me how I find the people I help with their…

  • Caitlyn’s search

    Search goal: Find Caitlyn’s biological father Before we start off, I would like to say that at the suggestion of a friend, I will now be using pseudonyms for the people and their families that I am helping to make the blog posts easier to read. In the future I will add a disclaimer to…

  • Paul’s search

    Search goal: Determine the relationship between Paul and Christina. *All names have been changed This case was a different one! Usually I am working on finding a parent, grandparent, or both, but this time around, I was confirming a relationship. Paul’s wife reached out to me to help with a mystery match. Paul had matched…

  • Lana’s search

    Search Goal: Find Lana’s biological father *All names have been changed Lana’s case was one that took over two months to solve, but it’s always so satisfying to finally solve a case that takes some time! Lana reached out to me to help find her biological father. She had found her biological mother, but she…

  • Claire’s search

    Search goal: find Claire’s paternal grandparents *All names have been changed Since I have started my volunteering, I have had several people reach out to me that are not adopted, however, one of their parents were. In all of these cases, the parent is deceased and the child is looking out of curiosity or to…

  • Renee’s search

    Search goal: find Renee’s biological father. *All names have been changed Renee requested my help looking for her biological father. She knew her biological mother so after sorting her matches it was easy to tell which matches were paternal. Renee had several paternal matches in the 200-800cm range and I was quick to narrow it…

  • Megan’s search

    Search goals: Find both of Megan’s biological parents. *All names have been changed Megan is an East Coast adoptee that was looking for her biological parents. She had a little bit of non identifying info for both parents as well as a name for her biological mother. Her Ancestry DNA matches split nicely into four…