When DNAngels was incorporated on September 19, 2019, we had Big Dreams. Little did we know that we would help 3,500 clients BEFORE we made it to this milestone anniversary! That's right! As of September 13th, we have helped 3,500 individuals identify their birth families! So we have two reasons to celebrate this week! 3 years and 3,500 clients! To say we could not have done it without each and every client, volunteer, donor and cooperative family member is an understatement! We …
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Volunteers of the Month – August 2022
Volunteers of the Month - August 2022 Kat C To Kat C., DNA is related to food. Give her a case where their ancestors are from Italy; she starts to crave pasta and pizza. Poland or Ukraine, like her own DNA and pierogies, are on her brain. Mexico? Tacos, of course, GOOD Tacos! Kat hails from a small town in Michigan and currently lives in Toledo, Ohio. She lives with her husband and feline companions and shares many traits with the animals she takes her nickname from - she has …
Volunteers of the Month – July 2022
Volunteers of the Month - July 2022 Rachel Kiley Trout Rachel Kiley Trout is a relatively new addition to the DNAngels Volunteers, but in her short time, she has made quite an impression on both her fellow volunteers as well as clients. Born and raised in Boston, she is the youngest of a large Irish-American family. She became interested in genetic genealogy in 2018 and began working on unlocking the family secrets she found when looking at her daughter’s Ancestry DNA results. “I love …
DNAngels Announces 2022 Board of Directors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 6, 2022 DNAngels Announces 2022 Board of Directors CARBONDALE, Ill. – DNAngels has announced its 2022-2023 Board of Directors: President Scott Horwitz, Secretary Kelly Grace Hickey, Advisor Christopher Smith, and Liaison to Angels and Intake Aimee Rose Haynes are all remaining in their positions. In January, Christine Mancinas filled the vacant Treasurer position, and in July, Dr. Nicole D. Price (author, motivational speaker, and NPE) was added as an …
No More Secrets
No More Secrets An Interview with Peter J. Boni While the idea of artificial insemination has been around since the 1300s, the first human offspring reported was in England in 1790. But it wasn’t until the 1940s that more than a few hundred women successfully gave birth to what we now refer to as “donor conceived persons” or DCPs. One of the 10,000 born in the 1940s was author Peter J. Boni. Peter is a successful businessman, CEO of his own company, and the …
Donor Conceived – It Does Matter
DONOR CONCEIVED – IT DOES MATTER! An Interview with Cassandra Adams I recently had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Cassandra Adams. If you are unfamiliar with her, she is a donor conceived individual, and since her discovery, due to a 23andme DNA test, she has become a major voice in advocating for the rights of Donor Conceived People, or DCPs. She’s also a wife, a mother and has a welcoming smile that immediately makes a person feel like she has created a circle of …
