Client Stories

Emilie and Nathan Palmer have always known they were donor-conceived. They are one-half of a set of donor conceived quadruplets and their parents were always up front with the fact that their mother needed some help conceiving them and their other two siblings, Ben and Adam. In their small town in Utah, they were the only quadruplets, and the only egg donor conceived children. But it was the first trait that made them stand out more than the second. Having an automatic large family and …

Quadruplets find Egg Donor:  Her Heart Still Carried Every DonationRead More

“… for all you other searchers, lone wolves, and the lost sons and daughters out there. You arenot alone; we are each other’s family.” Paul Jack Fronczak. If you haven’t heard of Paul Joseph Fronczak, you’re probably not a True Crime buff or an NPE. Paul, or Jack as he prefers to be called these days, has a story that resonates within the hearts of everyone searching for their true biological identity. Always the odd man out in his family, at the age of 10, he uncovered a secret that has …

Jack (Paul) Fronczak: A Story of Genetic Genealogy and the Unyielding Search for IdentityRead More

Ronna Harris grew up not knowing her Father. She had a name; she knew that her mother had named her “Ronna” because it was a combination of “Donna,” which was her mother’s name, and “Ronald,” which was his name. She knew that he had only been in Oklahoma for three months when she was conceived, but she had no information beyond that. Ronna was a preemie. She was born at 27 weeks when her mother accidentally fell off the front porch, inducing labor. When her mother reached out to her paternal …

A Text a DayRead More

Biological Father tops New Hampshire Adoptee’s Christmas List. By Kelly Grace               Kandy Braley has known all of her life that she was adopted, and like all adoptees, she felt that void in her soul where her biological family fit.   When she was 22, she found her biological mother, and while her birth mother may know her biological father’s name, if she does, she will not divulge it to …

All She Wants for ChristmasRead More

Shari Jo was born in March 1961 to a 17-year-old mother and her 16-year-old boyfriend.  Shari Jo’s strict grandparents intended that her mother would place her for adoption, but when she was born, that changed when they saw her and it was decided they would keep her.  Her mother still lived at home, with her older sister and younger brother, so Shari’s first year was spent with a large family who doted on her.   Shari Jo’s mother met the man who raised her when she was about a year old. …

3 Men and a BabyRead More

When Nicole Koharik was a child, she was very shy and withdrawn. She lacked confidence in her identity. She was the only girl among 7 male cousins and usually ordered what the cousin closest to her in age ordered when they went out for breakfast. He ordered pancakes – and she did too. But she secretly hated pancakes. Her favorite movie was E.T. she understood the need the little creature had for wanting to go “home”. For although she had a good home and a loving Father, she didn’t look like …

Not All Stories Have a Happy EndingRead More