Shocking DNA Discoveries

Could you secretly be adopted? Red flags that could point to adoption.

By MICHELLE RIESSOriginally posted in 2018. Updated 2023 In September 2017, at age 40, I accidentally discovered that I am adopted after getting a DNA match on Ancestry to one of my three full biological sisters. It was a life-changing experience that redefined (and simultaneouslyRead This Article

After 40 years, a family is reunited with daughter lost to an illegal adoption

INTRODUCTION On November 30, 1976, a baby girl was born to a teenage couple, Hollie and Rick. Together, they named their daughter Michelle. A few days later, Michelle was placed with an older married couple through what was presented to them as a “private adoption.”Read This Article