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Our Three Fathers
As a wedding planner, Wendy Wojcik pays close attention to even the smallest of details, yet in her own life she always ignored one big one — the identity of her biological father.That all changed...
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Drama in the Family
After she retired from teaching theater at a Florida college, Julia Gagne’s life took on its own unexpected dramatic arc.Although she’d been adopted at birth more than 65 years ago, Julia hadn’t spent...
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Whoa Nelly
If Lisa hadn’t used 23andMe, it’s hard to imagine how she would have ever known about Nelly.Lisa hadn’t been searching for her. When she tested with 23andMe, Lisa was mostly just curious about the...
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The Gift
The stories all start the same — with a 23andMe kit given at Christmas — but then they follow their own fascinating narratives that are as unique as the customers who share them with us.Almost daily we...
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A Wish Comes True
Maria Biskie spent her life searching.Born in the Philippines in 1973, she never knew her father. In her lowest moments, she’d longed to have him by her side. That day came earlier this year, after...
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Coming Home
The best things take time, or at least that’s one way of looking at why Jonathan Hay waited so long to meet his biological mother in person.“I’ve been avoiding it for two years out of fear,” said...
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Coming Home
The best things take time, or at least that’s one way of looking at why Jonathan Hay waited so long to meet his biological mother in person. “I’ve been avoiding it for two years out of fear,” said...
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Listen To Annie’s Story
Annie was looking at a note from a woman she didn’t know. Someone she’d been searching for all her life. A woman named Harley, who just might be her biological mother.Harley, on the left, and Annie.“I...
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Using 23andMe To Find Family
Paul Leventhal is a patient man.Paul, right, and his brother Jimmy.In his 70s now, he’s been searching for his biological father since he was 18.More than two years ago, we wrote about Paul finding his...
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Ryan’s Search For Family
When Ryan’s mother and father adopted him as an infant, there was a typewritten note slipped into his adoption records with a message from his birth parents:“We pray that you are happy,” it said.For...
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23andMe Reunites Identical Twins Separated at Birth
If you haven’t seen it yet, take a moment to watch Amanda and Katey’s story that aired on Megan Kelly Today. It is stunning.Born in Seoul South Korea, Katey and Amanda are identical twins adopted...
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23andMe Family Stories for the Holiday
Thanksgiving is about family. A ritual that weaves together each generation, sharing old memories, making new ones, and seeing in all that, the common heritage we share in our DNA.A few days ago...
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A Family Reunited Using 23andMe
Every day for 55 years, Ida Pollack thought about her baby, wondering if she’d made a mistake in letting him go. As she’d told the Omaha Herald recently, she always asked herself the same thing: “Did...
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One Family’s 23andMe Christmas Story
Our customers often share their stories with us, which are both moving and motivating as we get to see the real impact 23andMe results can have in people’s lives.One such story came in recently from...
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Happy Father’s Day 2018
One of the best gifts for Father’s Day is getting to spend some time with your son or daughter, especially if you haven’t been able to do that before. This year, 23andMe brought together five fathers...
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23andMe Helps Adoptee Find Biological Family
He hadn’t given up looking, but Richard had long ago stopped expecting he’d find anything about his biological family.A 50-year-old adoptee, he’d been stymied for years by sealed adoption records. So...
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23andMe The Perfect Gift for the Holidays
You can’t box up a gift of wonder, or joy, but the knowledge gleaned from using 23andMe to unbox the insights wrapped up in your DNA come pretty close.Some of these revelations may be small — an...
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23andMe Reunites Yadira’s Family
Yadira Riveria in an undated photo.Yadira Rivera, a strong independent woman, always told her three young children about the daughter she gave up before they were born. Her children — Daniel, Marcos,...
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Guillaume’s Search
Guillaume’s dad once referred to him in a poem as “my son of three fathers,” but he should have written: “My son of three fathers and three mothers.”Guillaume BordierHis parents adopted him during the...
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A List For Midlife
For his big birthday Adam Keim wrote out a to-do list titled – “40 for 40.” It included little things like walking across the Golden Gate Bridge, volunteering for a day, and getting a massage. “These...
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