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Genetic Testing for Adopted Adults: What It Can (and Can’t) Tell You

Quick answer: Genetic testing for adopted adults compares a saliva sample with the DNA of other people in a company’s database. It can estimate your ethnic background, match you wi...

Campaigners call for genetic screening for adopted adults

Laura Brown is one of many adult adoptees all too used to NHS consultations that start with questions about family health history

The Power of Love: Celebrities Who Were Adopted and Their Impact

Families come in all different forms, and adoption is one of them. Adoption is an incredibly special thing, and it impacts people from all walks of life, even celebrities and other...

The DNA discovery boom: How at-home tests are rewriting American family trees

  Ten years ago, finding out you had a half-sibling two states over took something dramatic, like a deathbed confession or a box of letters someone forgot to burn. Now, it arrives...

DNA Test Leads to Adopted Man Learning His Biological Father Is a Rock-and-Roll Legend

A man from St. Louis, Missouri, who’d been adopted, found out his biological father is five-time Grammy Award winner Michael McDonald after his half-brother took a DNA test last ye...

Adopted St. Louis man discovers Grammy winner Michael McDonald is his biological father

Michael Goessling always knew he was adopted, but a DNA test taken by a previously unknown half-brother eventually led him

Best friends for decades - until a DNA test revealed they were sisters

Meena Geltink and Minal Tijssen were adopted from orphanages in Mumbai in the 1980s and grew up in the Netherlands.

Celebs You Never Knew Were Adopted

Adoption changes the entire trajectory of a child’s world. In so many cases, they’re given a second chance with an adoptive family and a new life. In the best-case scenarios, the a...

Contact With Birth Parents After Adoption

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“Blood Doesn’t Make Family”- Charly Boy Showcases Adopted Daughter And Grandchild

Legendary Nigerian singer and activist Charly Boy has shared a heartwarming moment with his adopted daughter and grandchild, proudly displaying them on social media. The veteran en...

Exploring adoption as a single parent: Questions to ask with confidence

There are over 70,000 children waiting for adoption in the foster system every year according to federal data from NCFA and ACF. Yet, many prospective parents assume single-parent...

Missouri man adopted as baby learns biological father is rock star Michael McDonald

When Michael Goessling, 59, heard his biological father’s voice for the first time last year, he swore he recognized it. “I just said: ‘What a voice that guy has!’… it just soun...

Open adoption can be complex, chaotic, & beautiful all at the same time. Just ask these two dads.

"The relationship has to be built around the people involved, and that means making room for both connection and boundaries."

Can I Still Adopt if a Birth Parent Won't Give Permission?

In many states, including Illinois, the permission of both parents is required for someone to adopt their child. Sometimes, one or both parents are unwilling to give this permissio...

I Placed My Black Son For Adoption After Rape — His Memoir, ‘Stranger In My Own Story,’ Helped Me Reclaim Mine [Op-Ed]

Adoption was not only my decision. It was my inheritance—the outcome of shame and trauma. Survival. Loss of connection to self and truth. Running. Avoiding vulnerability at all cos...

2 Sisters, Both Adopted to Separate Families, Meet as Opposing Players During Softball Game

Two teenage sisters, adopted by different families, reunited at a softball tournament last year after one of the girls noticed how strikingly similar their features were. Samantha...

Following DNA trails, a Jewish family shattered by the Holocaust discovers its lost branches

DISAPORA AFFAIRS: A DNA test revealed more than 50 relatives Adrianna Turk never knew existed, breaking decades of Holocaust silence and bringing her to Jerusalem to meet family sh...

Adoption Papers and the Adoption Legal Process

When you’re considering adoption, you may have questions about adoption papers. What paperwork will you need to complete? When do you sign the legal adoption papers? What happens w...

DNA main hope for identity, but backlog overwhelms Nepal forensic labs

Missouri Man Discovers Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers Is His Biological Father

Michael Goessling’s first phone call with his biological father brought a shock: He was speaking to Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers.

I took a DNA test and was shocked at what I discovered

IrishCentral founder Niall O'Dowd says that he had no expectation of finding any DNA strain outside of Irish.

What an Adoptee’s Search for Her Story Reveals about Identity, Forgiveness, and Being Known

After being found as a newborn in a paper bag in 1972, Pearl Marshall spent decades searching for answers about her birth story and family history. This article reflects on identit...

Stranger in His Own Story: Erik Mohn Explores Race, Adoption and Belonging

*Growing up as a Black boy in a white adoptive family, Erik Mohn knew he was loved. What he didn’t always know was where he belonged. One of his earliest memories captures the disc...

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