June’s Volunteer of the month is Heidi Billingsley Keuper! Heidi is blessed with the natural curiosity and determination to help others that makes a perfect storm for being a search angel. She and her sister, Cindy Billingsley Arocha, began their careers searching for their biological niece. Heidi’s natural talent led her to volunteer at several Facebook-based groups for those searching for biological families. Her skills and her compassion for clients caught Laura’s attention and … well you …
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Volunteer of the Month – May 2022
May’s Volunteer of the Month is Intake Team Member Nickie Pavey! Nickie began as a DNAngels client. She and her twin sister, Tessa, are donor-conceived. When Nickie began her journey, she had no idea what she would identify or how receptive her donor-dad would be to identifing out he had not only twin daughters, but now a total of 9 donor children! Lucky for Nickie, her father - and his lovely wife - have welcomed all of his children - and grandchildren with open arms! Her story is truly an …
Volunteer of the Month – April 2022
This month’s Volunteer of the Month is Intake Specialist Cindy Billingsley Arocha! Cindy hails from the great state of Texas and is one of the TWO family genealogists in the Billingsley clan. She and her sister Heidi teamed up together to identify their niece who was given up for adoption at birth. They both tested at Ancestry and 23 & Me and four months after beginning their search, their niece showed up as a match. Cindy joined the Intake staff in December of 2021 and quickly proved to …
Volunteer of the Month – March 2022
The March Volunteer of the Month is everyone’s favorite Roomba aficionado: Kate Penney Howard. Kate is so beloved by the other Angels that it is impossible to identify someone who didn’t want to say something nice about her! Kate first began volunteering for DNAngels after helping several family and friends solve their DNA mysteries. She began working as a volunteer on Grandparent and brick-wall cases because not only does she have the talent, but she also has the determination to take on …
7 Steps To Identifying Biological Father
7 Steps to Identifying Your Biological Father What do you do if you’ve never known who your biological father is? I recently asked Alexa and got unsatisfactory answers. Alexa, it seems, thinks that the way to identify out your biological father is to have a name. NO KIDDING ALEXA! She even went as far as suggesting that you ask your mother. But what do you do if you are adopted and the adoption is not open? Or if you’ve never known your biological father and your mother is being less …
Volunteer of the Month – February 2022
This month’s Volunteer of the Month is Long Island Native, Renée Kraft. She has always been very interested in genealogy and jumped at the opportunity to take a DNA test when 23 & Me first offered their at-home DNA testing kits. After solving who her Mother’s biological father was, she helped several other family members with their own DNA mysteries. When she heard about DNAngels, she reached out to Laura Olmsted to volunteer and was taken on as a Research Assistant and Angel in …
