Tag: solved cases

*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…

*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…

*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…

*All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Carlotta’s biological father Carlotta is an adoptee who reached out for help with finding her biological father. She knew her biological maternal side already, and even had some non-identifying information, but it just wasn’t aligning with her DNA results. I took a look at her AncestryDNA results…

*All names have been changed. Search goal: Identify Alessia’s biological parents Alessia is a Canadian adoptee that reached out for help finding her biological families. She had her biological mother’s full name, and some decent non-identifying information about both her biological parents and their families. She had also taken an AncestryDNA test. Alessia invited me…

*All names have been changed. Search goal: Locate Lena’s biological mother Lena reached out for help locating her biological mother. She had a considerable amount of information: her biological mother’s full name (Betty Pearson), age, birthdate, birth location, names of both parents, and even some details about her siblings. Lena even had a yearbook picture…

*All names have been changed Search goal: Identify Madelaine’s maternal great grandparents. Madelaine reached out for help earlier this month with her family’s search. Her maternal grandmother Christine had been adopted at a young age in the 1940s. All they knew was her birthdate, possible town of birth and that she had some siblings. Christine…