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 …
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Musings of An Angel – Volume 11
UNDER THE HALO - THOUGHTS AND IMPRESSIONS OF AN ANGEL - Written By: Kelly Grace - This one is for my NPE and LDA friends out there. Cheers to all of us who spat in that tube not expecting our world to turn upside down. How many of you received your Ancestry DNA test as a gift? How many of you had no idea this gift came with the requirement of having to Google “How do I find my biological father”? Was it a Christmas gift? Birthday? How about… VALENTINE’S DAY? Oh yes, gentle readers, my …
Volunteer of the Month – January 2022
The January 2022 Volunteer of the Month is Jennifer Schwiebinz! In true Laura fashion she was – well not quite STOLEN from another group, but pretty close! DNAngels acquired Jennifer in the merger with Discover Family, and we have to say, if that’s all we got out of the merger, it was well worth it! Her warmth, cheerful demeanor and sense of humor make her a favorite among clients and staff alike. Jennifer hit the ground running in late August 2021, first learning the intake process and …
How To Find A Birth Parent
Are you one of the millions of people who wonder where you came from? Written by: Jennifer Schweibinz If you were adopted, you may want to know who your biological parents are. Or maybe you were raised by a parent and you got the surprise news that you two are not actually related. Or you are a donor-conceived child, curious about who may have been generous enough to help give you life with no strings attached? All of these circumstances can lead to questions that are hard to ask and even …
Musings of an Angel – Volume 10
UNDER THE HALO - THOUGHTS AND IMPRESSIONS OF AN ANGEL - Written By: Kelly Grace - So, what is the first thing you did when you got your unexpected DNA results? Did you do the Google? Did you search for DNA Results? Finding Biological Parents? Search Angels? Did that even occur to you, because it surely did not to me? I felt like I was the ONLY PERSON ON EARTH that must be having this issue. I crawled in bed and stayed there for three days. No joke. While I was hiding under the …
Volunteer of the Month – December 2021
December’s Volunteer of the Month is Anique Coney! Anique is the Team Lead Intake Specialist with DNAngels. She is one of the first people that welcomes new clients and helps them begin their journey with DNAngels. Her friendly demeanor and compassionate nature immediately put people at ease. “She never complains and is a hard worker”, says Lisa Binz, DNAngels Project Manager. “She always takes time to acknowledge a client’s feelings” says Laura Olmsted. Anique’s name is a variant of the Russian …
