Podcast, DNA Discovery, Biological Family, Biological Father Brianne Kirkpatrick Williams Podcast, DNA Discovery, Biological Family, Biological Father Brianne Kirkpatrick Williams

“Guidance for the Newly Discovered ‘Bio Dad’ and His Family”: Molly Corrigan Gives Voice to a Silent Group Whose Lives Change After a DNA Discovery

Podcast Ep 5: With the increasing popularity of at-home consumer DNA testing through companies like Ancestry.com and 23andMe, more and more men are finding previously unknown offspring. For a man with a wife and family, this discovery presents unique challenges, particularly if that newfound "child" is a grown woman.

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How birth certificates and DNA testing help adoptees on a bio family search

Adopted and interested in starting a search? We’ve gathered more detailed information for you here and identified places to go for more. Two paths—the DNA-first route and the records-first route—are the main paths adoptees use today to begin a search for biological relatives.

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DNA Surprise, DNA Shocks, NPE, Biological Family, Biological Father Brianne Kirkpatrick Williams DNA Surprise, DNA Shocks, NPE, Biological Family, Biological Father Brianne Kirkpatrick Williams

Supporting the Biological Fathers (And Their Families) Who Learn About a New Bio Child

Many “reunions” between biological relatives that have taken place after a DNA test discovery have led to disappointment on one, many, or all sides. Contact is refused. Contact goes great and then one party begins ghosting the other. Communications end, on a sour note or unexpectedly. Why is this?

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Family Search, Adoptees, DNA Guide for Adoptees, Biological Family Brianne Kirkpatrick Williams Family Search, Adoptees, DNA Guide for Adoptees, Biological Family Brianne Kirkpatrick Williams

“Dear Brianne, I’m Adopted...Where Do I Even Start?”

I have people reach out through my website who are adopted or donor conceived and are at the very start of a search, asking where do I even start? It can be overwhelming trying to learn all of the ins and outs of searching whether using access to records or DNA testing.

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