Tag: solved cases
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Ruby’s search
*All names have been changed. Search goal: Identify Ruby’s biological parents Ruby reached out for help identifying her biological parents. She only had her adoption order papers, had done a 23andMe DNA test, and knew the approximate age of her biological mother. Ruby was waiting to receive the rest of her adoption information, and planned…
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Weston’s search
*All names have been changed. Search goal: Identify Weston’s biological parents Weston’s wife reached out recently (with his permission) for help with his search for his biological parents. Weston had some non identifying information about his parents, but no first or last names. He had also taken a DNA test with 23andMe and uploaded to…
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Lissa and Reena’s searches
*All names have been changed. Part 1 Search goal: Identify Lissa’s biological father Lissa reached out for help with identifying her biological father after taking an AncestryDNA test and receiving some surprising results. Fortunately, DNA does not lie, and she had some good DNA matches with trees that helped make her search quick work. Lissa…
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Meghan’s search
*All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Meghan’s biological father Luke recently reached out for help with his family’s search. His mother Meghan did not know who her biological father was, and she had done a 23andMe test in hopes of finding out who he was. Her maternal side was known to her. Initially…
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Veronica’s search
*All names have been changed. Search goal: Identify Veronica’s biological father Veronica reached out for help identifying her biological father. She was not adopted, but she did not know who her biological father was. Veronica had done an AncestryDNA test and also uploaded to Gedmatch, where there was a close family type match around 1800cm.…
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Glenn’s search
*All names have been changed. Search goal: Identify Glenn’s biological father Glenn’s search for his biological parents had been started by my friend and fellow search angel Sarah, who had located his maternal family using Glenn’s adoption paperwork. His adoption information had stated that his biological father was Jewish, however testing on AncestryDNA proved otherwise,…
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Arnold’s search
*All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Arnold’s biological father Arnold reached out for help identifying his biological father earlier this year. He had already located his biological mother, but needed some help with his paternal side, which he did not have any information about. I took a look at his AncestryDNA matches and…
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Matilda’s search
*All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Matilda’s maternal great grandfather Matilda reached out for help earlier this year for help with her family mystery- it was nice to reconnect, as Matilda was an old schoolmate of mine. Matilda’s maternal grandmother Katherine had been adopted by her aunt and uncle, and they did not…
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Genevieve’s search
*All named have been changed. Search goal: Identify Genevieve’s paternal grandparents Genevieve reached out for help with a nearly century old mystery. She was looking to identify her biological paternal grandparents, as her father Daniel was adopted. Genevieve had done an AncestryDNA test, and also had a little bit of non-identifying information about her father’s…
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Valentina’s search
*All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Valentina’s paternal grandfather Valentina reached out for help with identifying her paternal grandfather. Her father, John William Derksen, had never known who his biological father was, and she was eager to solve a 92 year old mystery. Valentina had done some good research already to get us…
Lauren’s Genetic Genealogy 