Tag: solved cases

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Search goals: Find Marissa’s biological father, and her mother’s biological father. *All names have been changed Marissa’s case was a two in one, as there were two mysteries at hand! Marissa was looking for her biological father after learning of the possibility that the father who raised her was not her biological father. As well,…

Search goal: Find Kathleen’s biological father. *All names have been changed Kathleen is a fellow member of the Canadian search group I am a search angel in. Kathleen messaged me in January asking me what a search angel is, and I happily explained. She told me that one of her cousins had heard a rumor…

Search goal: Find both biological parents. *All names have been changed Deirdre is a Canadian adoptee that was in search of her biological parents. She had some decently close Ancestry DNA matches under 1000cm (cm is centimorgan, which is a unit of measurement for genetic linkage). Deirdre had a bit of information about her maternal…