Each month we want to highlight our Volunteer of the Month. This month we recognize Kelly Grace. Kelly is what we call an “original”. Kelly and Laura started out together as part of a team of search angels all the way back in the fall of 2018. Kelly was the ninja private eye of the team. She could, and still can identify almost anyone. She also had the task of identifing obituary information and sleuthing out hard to identify records. Kelly was also the team member that came up with the …
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NPE/MPE Grief
You can identify more of Dinah’s writing on her blog https://withangelsandelephants.com The NPE journey is full of twists and turns and is massively complex. Most of the time, it’s overwhelming at best. And as we’ve all learned… The regular burdens of life don’t stop to give us time to process NPE issues. Life continues on and we have to weave the NPE journey into our already complex and challenging lives. We all handle things differently… Right? So here’s one of my coping …
When DNA Results Are Wrong!
Have you taken a DNA test and wondered if your results were wrong? Do you match people you have no idea who they are? Have you asked your Mom about names that have come up in your results and had her say that “DNA is junk science” or “those tests are wrong”? DNAngels recently worked on a case where, according to every logical explanation, the results were WRONG. Let’s take a look at this case and see what happened with the results. When Leesha Calderon of New Braunfels, Texas, took …
Volunteer Of The Month – July 2021
DNAngels is proud to recognize Lisa Hutchens Binz as our inaugural “Volunteer of the Month” for July 2021. Lisa began volunteering with DNAngels July 31, 2020. Since that time, she has filled many roles as a volunteer, including being one of our Lead Intake Specialists. As an Intake Specialist, she is one of the first people that a potential client talks to as they are beginning their journey to identify their biological parents. Ask anyone who has been screened by her and they will tell …
Local Residents Identify That DNA Testing Redefines Family Ties
DNA Testing Redefines Family Ties - “How would you feel if you looked in the mirror and you didn’t know who you resembled?” said Laura Olmsted, founder of DNAngels. The nonprofit organization, based in Carbondale, Ill., links clients to one of about 30 volunteers who help research their family relationships. The organization conducts parental searches at no charge. Read More>> …
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It’s Not Your Fault….
It's Not Your Fault.... By: Dinah Federer You can see Dinah's regular blog at www.withangelsandelephants.com There are so many uncertainties in any NPE/MPE situation. Let’s look at just a few of the questions we face… Now that I have learned that one or both of the people who raised me are not my biological parent… Who is? Now that I know who my biological parent is, should I contact them? If I contact them, how should I do it… letter, phone call, what? And what …
