My grandmother after being adopted at 3 days old in 1924 finally found out who her biological family was at 93 years old. Seeing my grandma meet her nieces and nephews and hearing that her mother gave her the same name so they would always be connected.
I was adopted at birth, 40 years later found my birth father, 5 siblings, and my birth mother's name. Six years after I met my birth mother and discovered I had 7 more siblings. Finally whole. Not alienated and alone anymore. I have roots, blood. So blessed and grateful to the universe for making this part of my journey. ❤❤❤❤❤
How beautiful! I have always known exactly who my people are, grew up with them, the DNA blood family that was my world when I was a child. My only sibling and their subsequent family chose to reject me and mine, leaving me that hole that Marie-Anne had. I envy those who have embracing families. That acceptance and bond is not always a guarantee, even if you live with your blood relatives from day one.
Sadly, I have to agree with you. Much the same has happened to our family. I used to think I was adopted because our family wasn't close. When I found out that I wasn't adopted, I wish I had been adopted! I still have that hole in my core and it can never be filled, but at least I was told by my eldest sibling that I wasn't to blame. I've always longed for a loving family. Hugs to you. We deserved better, all kids deserve better. But sometimes we're raised by kids who deserved better too. Life and families can be tragic. I just try to make the best of if by helping others through genetic genealogy. 💙
@@sk13ppySAME BOAT AS Y'ALL 😢😢BUT SEEKING OUT OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST HAS FILLED THE EMPTY HOLE & ALSO GOD IS KIND & HE IS OUR TRUE FATHER.WE ARE BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A FAMILY, WHILE MAYBE NOT BLOOD RELATED,BUT FAMILY THRU OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST ❤❤😇😇🙏🙏🤲👑🥰🥰
Nothing could be better than the surrogate father who raised me. He will always and forever be my Dad. I am so absolutely greatful he chose me to love and protect. I cherish each and every memory I have with him. To me, it mattered not that we didn't share the same blood because we shared the same heart. I have seen photos of my bio father and it is like looking at a complete stranger and I can't even fathom coming from him. He didn't want me and I am so glad I didn't have to live with that terrible feeling in my childhood. I am not angry with him or even hurt... I am indifferent. I am glad that he stepped out of the picture so that I could be blessed with a Dad that made me feel like a princess. I think what it really boils down to is familiarity and connection. If you don't have that bond and connection, I suppose you are left feeling empty. Im so glad that my Dad and I had that heart connection. He was the best!
At half a century old, I too found my birth father for the first time in my life. It gets sweeter the more you open your heart to receive - and what you find out, you must forgive. ❤️🙏😊
What a beautiful beautiful lady! Inside out! I cried my eyes out. What a charisma! She is a magnet! The same face with her father, even the same facial expressions. I'm so glad that she has found what she was looking for.
That is so wonderful. Culture and acceptance has changed so much since those days where pregnant girls had to go to the 'bad girls home' or be sent away for 9 months. There was so much shame back then. It is sad that it was the way it was, but that's the way it was! We have come a long way thank goodness!
I understand what she minds about similar personality and outlook. When i found my birth mom's family i found in many ways my energy and vibe was far more like them than my adoptive parents.
Same for me. I was adopted by a wonderful family who I adore deeply. But when I found my birth family our personalities and outlook were so similar. We bonded immediately
I heard this story driving home on ABC Radio Perth. Brilliant story with an extra twist. The radio presenter was a good friend of Marie-Ann, and had interviewed her father Giovanni many times as he was the mayor of Stirling back in the day. He was even in her contact list.
I am so happy for you Marie I am right now waiting for my DNA results like you did and found out who you are your true biological identity and your birth father congratulations. This video helped me
You share such a heart wrenching story with a blessed ending. I'm so happy you found your father and sister to heal the hole in your heart and began a new life together.
Thanks for getting in touch. Have you considered taking the AncestryDNA test? Our test is a great way of finding biological family as it will match you with any relatives who have also taken our test. DNA testing is becoming increasingly popular; there are currently 20 million people (and counting) in the AncestryDNA database and many of our members have found siblings, parents or cousins with our DNA test. You can message your matches for free which means members are able to collaborate with each other on their shared family history. We will include an article here that explains how you can best find biological family with our service: support.ancestry.co.uk/s/article/Finding-Biological-Family. For an insight into what you could expect from the test, check out the following article: support.ancestry.co.uk/s/article/What-to-Expect-from-AncestryDNA. Please let us know if you have any questions.
Thank you for the reply. I've taken my DNA test. No results were shown. My father, was killed in Tarpon springs Florida a few weeks ago in a vehicle accident with his dog. He served in Vietnam and had a son out of wedlock. He's told me about him many times, but would never give me any pertinent information. We lost contact over the last decade. I requested information on my brother, and he would never help.
We have 2 adopted sons who we love dearly and they feel the same way about us. I feel desperately sorry for your adoptive family if you really consider your natural father to be of more value than the family who brought you up
It is not the adoptee's fault, but it's very much possible to feel like an outsider in your adoptive family even if they do everything right. It is even possible that an adoptive family is abusive. We don't really know much about this woman's relationship with her adoptive family, but it sounds like they couldn't connect with her.
When I watched this show, a lot of tears ran down my cheeks. I was adopted and lied to. I was told that my father is Chinese, even though I don't look Chinese and I believe that he's my real father, because his name is on my birth certificate. When I was able to contact my other family, I was told that I looked like their cousin who could possibly be my sister. Bingo! they were right. Her father is my father and he's a full-blooded Irish man.95% DNA match, and no Chinese DNA.
I found my father through Ansestry. After looking for him for 43 years . Unfortunately he is not interested in having any kind of relationship he has to much guilt. That's ok the good news is I know who that side of my family is where there from so I can trace them back as of now almost 300 years .
Swedish national radio has a great series on the same topic called "The family secret". I just love these kind of stories. I'm not adopted or anything like that. I guess I'm just a sentimental person lol.
I took a test 3 years ago and I was able to find my mom´s half siblings on her dad´s side of the family... we went to meet them from Guadalajara to LA and we have been in touch since then...my mom was able to visint my grandpa´s cript for the very first time in her life. I can´t tell you the blessing that this has been and the impact it has had in our family, the healing has been profound... ♥
That's amazing, Ernesto! We are so pleased to learn of your families journey since taking this test and want to wish you all the best going forward as you build on the connections you have made. 😊
From her comments that she always “felt like a guest in a hotel” you can read between the lines that it was never a close relationship and maybe even a bad one with her adoptive parents. I don’t think you need to feel bad for them. And in fact, maybe they are private people and just didn’t want to participate in this public story.
That was a tear jerker. Happy for Marie- Anne. Glad it went so well. I wish they had said more about her mother. And does she really have no way to find her actual birthdate? Wasn't clear on that.
I totally believe your precious mum had control in this meeting now she can rest in peace ❤ im so happy for yous ❤if you dye your hair back to brown you will look like your mum and a real italian 😂❤
It's better to be adopted than to grow in a violent home or in chaos or deserted. A lot people have never been adopted and they moved on in life and their parents never showed up.
I wish I could find out who I am and where I came from, I found out that I was adopted when I was 30 and I’ll be 64 soon and I still have no answers about who my birth mother and my birth father are
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Thanks for getting back to us, Debbie. It's wonderful to hear that you've been able to connect with a relative that could share family photos with you. This said, we certainly understand your desire to find your half sister too. Taking part in our DNA database is a good starting point for this, as she would show up as a close match if she decided to take part in the service. If she has any children they may also show as matches, hence remember to look out for those slightly more distant matches too. We appreciate you sharing a little of your journey with us and wish you all the best with your continuous search!
OMG I'm really happy for you ❤ you'll have an amazing live full of love and family. You deserve it. I send you a big hug and enjoy your new family. (Sorry about my english haha) ❤❤❤❤
My mother left my wife beating father when I was two . She left her 6 kids with him , as a result we were put up for adoption Long story short- 30 years later I got a private investigator to find my mum . He found her and I jumped in a plane to see her When we met I felt nothing for this stranger unfortunately. No love , no warmth no nothing I see videos of families reuniting and wonder why I was so different. I jumped on the plane back home 2 days later and never contacted her again
This makes no sense . how does one feel loss if they have no memory of ever having had something . my father left when i was a baby , so i have zero memory of the event . i never felt i was missing anything becuse for all practical purpose i never had anything . i did however locate him when i was about 45 and the first meeting was like being introduced to a complete stranger . he was quite emotional but i felt nothing . we did strike up a great friendship and visited each other frequently but that was it.
Heres a challenge- try doing indian ancestries. One way to start would be get your hands on the looong looong generational records the peiests keep and have kept through 100 generations. I know i have burmese and egyptian (misr) in my ancestry. But when, i dont know
Hello so when i found out im 2% japanese i told my friend about ky results and she told me im half japanese cause my moms half japanese she said so i got confused cause some of my ancestors have more japanese in their dna than i do so does the 2%not matter and makes my mom half or quarter or 1 fourth japanese?
Hello アキ(aki) emily! Thanks for taking part in AncestryDNA. We regret any confusion and will be happy to provide some insights. What we analyze is your autosomal DNA, which you have inherited in equal parts from both of your parents, randomly from one generation to the next. You have inherited half of your mother's DNA, which parts is random. Your maternal relatives may have inherit other bits of DNA from your common ancestors, meaning their DNA results would likely be different from yours. If your mother took a DNA test she may also not show up as 50% Japanese, for instance if her ancestors came from other locations too. Remember that our test reaches about 500 - 1000 years back in time. We can recommend reviewing the articles below for further insights: How DNA is inherited: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Understanding-Inheritance Unexpected Ethnicity Results: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Unexpected-Ethnicity-Results We hope this is helpful!
If your mom is half Japanese, you'd be roughly a quarter but the amount can range. If your DNA results say you are 2% that's far less than quarter. I'd be looking at what else is there.
You didnt have a father?! You had a father. Unless you were abused you had parents! But you said you had a loving family. You had a daddy. If they knew about your problems accepting being adopted then you needed to see someone for help. But dont ever say you didnt have a father. That is so hurtful to the person that was there to tuck you in. and do everything a daddy does
I will leave this world without knowing who my dad is 😭😢 I've done 3 DNA tests, nothing came up. Have a living mother and she won't tell me, therefore not speaking with me bcuz of that....she tells me I'm awful daughter....
We're so sorry to hear that, Floki. Have you tried reaching out to your DNA matches or sorting them out? Perhaps you may find these tips helpful here: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Finding-Biological-Family?language=en_US
I sensed that too, so I wonder how she was raised and what her relationship was with her parents or other family members. She made a comment about feeling like a guest. I find that odd.