They call me Tito... Tito, means “Uncle” to my new found Filipino nieces and nephews that live in the US and the Philippines. I have known for a couple of years because of DNA from 23andMe and Ancestry that my birth father was Filipino. But not until a surprise DNA match on 23andMe appeared as a first cousin twice removed did I have a hot trail that Desiree, my daughter and the DNAngels could pursue. This was the closest relationship result ever received from either search platform. …
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Client Stories: Lee’s Story
I could feel myself starting to feel sick…like I would throw up right there at the table in front of everyone. Did I just hear that right? Are they just playing a joke on me? I must have been mistaken, I could not possibly have heard that correctly… Social media can be a wonderful tool if used properly. In my case, it help me reconnect with cousins I hadn’t spoken to in 25 or 30 years. Why so long? Mainly because of the relationship that my mother had with her family. She was a very …
Client Stories: Stephanie’s Story
I have known that I was adopted ever since I can remember. My adopted parents never once tried to hide the fact that I was adopted. They were very forthcoming and up front about the adoption. Once I was old enough to understand the meaning they told me everything that they could about my biological parents from what they had learned from the adoption agency they used. They told me that my biological mother was a very petite girl and that she was very young and that she chose to give me up …
Client Stories: Angie’s Story
I had a rocky, on and off again relationship with the man I knew as my Dad my entire life. But, in 2007 we were tight, we had been practically best friends for about 10 years at that point. Unfortunately, he met a woman that he would marry later that year who for various reasons, apparently was not a fan of mine, or any other of his family members and not long after he completely cut off ties with me. Ten years later, I heard that she had been saying tacky things about me to my nephew and …
