May’s Volunteer of the Month is Intake Team Member Nickie Pavey! Nickie began as a DNAngels client. She and her twin sister, Tessa, are donor-conceived. When Nickie began her journey, she had no idea what she would find or how receptive her donor-dad would be to finding out he had not only twin daughters, but now a total of 9 donor children! Lucky for Nickie, her father - and his lovely wife - have welcomed all of his children - and grandchildren with open arms! Her story is truly an …
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Volunteer of the Month – April 2022
This month’s Volunteer of the Month is Intake Specialist Cindy Billingsley Arocha! Cindy hails from the great state of Texas and is one of the TWO family genealogists in the Billingsley clan. She and her sister Heidi teamed up together to find their niece who was given up for adoption at birth. They both tested at Ancestry and 23 & Me and four months after beginning their search, their niece showed up as a match. Cindy joined the Intake staff in December of 2021 and quickly proved to be …
Volunteer of the Month – March 2022
The March Volunteer of the Month is everyone’s favorite Roomba aficionado: Kate Penney Howard. Kate is so beloved by the other Angels that it is impossible to find someone who didn’t want to say something nice about her! Kate first began volunteering for DNAngels after helping several family and friends solve their DNA mysteries. She began working as a volunteer on Grandparent and brick-wall cases because not only does she have the talent, but she also has the determination to take on low- …
Musings of An Angel – Volume 13
UNDER THE HALO – THOUGHTS AND IMPRESSIONS OF AN ANGEL – WRITTEN BY: KELLY GRACE – Have you ever watched a TV Commercial for a product that is supposed to give you some sort of fabulous too-good-to-be-believable results? Grow 10 inches of hair in a month! Lose 20 lbs. in a week! Double the size of your bank account (what did you think I was going to say, pervert?) overnight! As you are watching the testimonials a little asterisk appears on screen *Results not typical. So, what IS typical you …
7 Steps To Finding Biological Father
7 Steps to Finding Your Biological Father What do you do if you’ve never known who your biological father is? I recently asked Alexa and got unsatisfactory answers. Alexa, it seems, thinks that the way to find out your biological father is to have a name. NO KIDDING ALEXA! She even went as far as suggesting that you ask your mother. But what do you do if you are adopted and the adoption is not open? Or if you’ve never known your biological father and your mother is being less than …
Musings of An Angel – Volume 12
UNDER THE HALO - THOUGHTS AND IMPRESSIONS OF AN ANGEL - Written By: Kelly Grace - Guilt is a very personal thing. It is also funny. Not funny as in humorous, but as in odd. I am often unabashedly unapologetic for things that I do. I was asked today “do you feel guilty about _____” and by all rights, I probably should have, but I did not. My response was “no, I only feel guilty about things that are not my fault and are beyond my control.” “Like what?” came the question. “Like being …
