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Salt Lake City, Utah, 1958

December 8, 2017 mckell11 8 Comments

Lessons learned on this search: The things adoptees have believed all their lives about their birth parents can be slightly…

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Posted in: DNA Filed under: adopted, adoptee, ancestry, biological family, biological father, biological mother, birth mom, birth mother, birth parent, DNA, family tree, genealogy, genetic genealogy, LDS Family Services, LDS social services, Utah adoption

Texas wrap-up, for now

December 5, 2017 mckell11 Leave a comment

The results of the second targeted DNA test that I sent to a female relative on my brother’s maternal family…

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Posted in: DNA Filed under: adopted, adoptee, ancestry, biological family, biological father, biological mother, birth dad, birth father, birth mom, birth mother, birth parent, DNA, family tree, genealogy, genetic genealogy, Texas, Texas adoption

Stunned by a full uncle match

December 3, 2017 mckell11 3 Comments

While I waited for results to come in from two targeted DNA tests of relatives of some sort to my…

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Posted in: DNA Filed under: adopted, adoptee, ancestry, biological family, biological father, biological mother, birth dad, birth father, birth mom, birth mother, birth parent, DNA, family tree, genealogy, genetic genealogy, Texas, Texas adoption

Deep in the Heart of Texas

December 1, 2017 mckell11 Leave a comment

Lessons learned from this search: People’s birth dates aren’t always what they have been told (or what amended birth certificate…

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Posted in: DNA Filed under: adopted, adoptee, ancestry, biological family, biological father, biological mother, birth father, birth mother, birth parent, DNA, family tree, genetic genealogy, Texas, Texas adoption

Who’s Your Daddy?

November 30, 2017 mckell11 2 Comments

Two of my brother’s newly found older birth sisters were positive they knew my brother’s birth dad. He lived with…

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Posted in: DNA Filed under: adopted, adoptee, biological family, birth dad, birth father, birth mom, birth mother, California adoption, DNA, genealogy, genetic genealogy

Finding my brother’s birth mom & siblings

November 29, 2017 mckell11 6 Comments

When my family lived in southern California and I was six years old, we adopted a baby boy. My parents…

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Posted in: DNA Filed under: adopted, adoptee, birth father, birth mother, birth parent, California adoption, DNA, genealogy, genetic genealogy

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