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Cat McDonald Channels TikTok Fame to a Greater Good

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Millions of people each year dig deeper into their pasts by taking at-home DNA tests. Most people don’t expect to discover much more than their geographical origin, an ethnicity, or get a glimpse into the lives of their oldest and most distant relatives. For an increasingly astounding number of test takers, the surprises are happening much closer to home as is the case with NPEs. An NPE, which stands for “Non-Paternity Event” or “Not Parent Expected,” is a person who has discovered through …

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Client Stories: Bruce-Paul’s Story

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I Have Something To Say - A DNA/NPE Story My name is Bruce-Paul. I’m an NPE. I should say I was an NPE or maybe always will be. My ‘Case’ has been solved by the DNAngels. By Laura, My Angel. End of story. Good night. I'm sorry, I hoped this would be short, but, I get ahead of myself. As the first case Laura took on to solve, (up until a few weeks ago), I was the longest, unsolved case. Now, I have a name to identify my biological father. However, instead of only closing one door, its only …

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Client Stories: RA’s Story

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First of all, I would like to take this opportunity to thank DNAngels: Laura, Kelly and Ramona for their help in finding my possible biological father. My journey began on Christmas 2019 when I received a DNA Ancestry kit as a gift from my wife and children.  I expected my results to come back 50% Jewish from my mom’s side and 50% Italian from my dad’s side. Well, the results that came back from Ancestry were 50% correct.  It showed that I had 50%+ Ashkenazi Jewish; however there were zero …

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You Are Not Alone

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For those of us who find ourselves on this NPE/MPE path, emotions can be extreme and cyclical. And just when you think you’re done with an emotion, it’ll no doubt re-emerge with a slightly different timbre and startle you. And, if you’re like me, you’ll initially feel  like a failure because you thought you were “done” with this one! Whatever you’re feeling, wherever you are in your NPE/MPE journey, know that you’re not alone. And you don’t have to figure this out by yourself. When my …

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Client Stories: Karen’s Story

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I had been on Ancestry since around 2009 searching for my mother’s parent’s gravesites. She was very ill at the time with cancer and wanted to find them before she passed away.  I had all these matches that I never knew how in the world I would be matched with but never really thought about it. I just assumed it was some part of my maternal family I did not know much about.  After my mother passed away I decided to go on the search for her family.  I was successful in finding some that I never …

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Client Stories: Donald’s Story

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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

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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 …

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