Lauren’s Genetic Genealogy

Tag: solved cases

  • Claire’s search

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    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

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    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

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    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…

  • Marissa’s search

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    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,…

  • Kathleen’s search

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    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…

  • Deirdre’s search

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    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…

  • Natasha’s search

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    Search goal: Find Natasha’s biological father. *All names have been changed Natasha’s case was one that was very random and I ended up solving while looking for someone else with Natasha’s name. My biological mother had found Natasha in an Australian Facebook group relating to Ancestry DNA. Natasha ended up sharing that she was looking…