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Tag: DNA testing

My Father’s Death Anniversary

On November 6, 2021November 5, 2021 By Guest BloggerIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

My Huong Le celebrates her American father in a Vietnamese tradition known as celebrating the Death Anniversary of loved ones. Sadly she never got to meet him.

Sold via adoption on the Gypsy black market in Greece

On August 20, 2021August 16, 2021 By Guest BloggerIn Australia, Greece, Illegal Adoption, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Roula shares her story of being sold as a baby by a Greek doctor who stole gypsy babies and trafficked them via adoption to foreign countries. The impacts, the ongoing complexities.

The Bearable Pain of Being Adopted

On April 24, 2021April 21, 2021 By Guest BloggerIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Kara Bos shares about learning of her father's death and the ongoing pains of adoption.

From Thailand without an Identity

On March 29, 2021March 21, 2021 By Guest BloggerIn Uncategorized1 Comment

Lisa Kininger shares her lifelong quest to find her Thai identity. Along the way she discovers it's the journey that matters, not the end result.

The Brutal Agony of the Calm after the Storm

On September 2, 2020November 17, 2020 By Guest BloggerIn Uncategorized1 Comment

Kara Bos shares about life after legal case.

My Mother

On May 11, 2020December 8, 2020 By Guest BloggerIn Uncategorized4 Comments

My Huong Lé shares both her mother and her thoughts on Mother's Day.

Stranger Than Fiction

On December 5, 2018November 30, 2018 By jaymekyopoIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

In third grade, I was in Mrs. Peterson’s class and given the assignment to do a family history project. I asked my adoptive parents about the project and they stated my Aunt Eirene had worked on the family tree and traced back across several hundred years. My family automatically skipped the fact that my own …

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My DNA History

On February 27, 2018November 22, 2020 By jaymekyopoIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

DNA Brief Hansen Short 2018 Click on the link above. You will then be asked to OPEN or SAVE the file. If you want to watch it - click OPEN. If you want to keep the file - click SAVE. This is a Microsoft PowerPoint slide show with audio inserted in most pages. Click onto …

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