➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
US: DNA’s new ‘miracle’: How adoptees are using online registries to find their blood relatives (Includes video)
The Washington Post – October 12, 2016
Most people who register with DNA databases are looking for information about their ethnic origins or exploring distant branches of the family tree. But the rapidly expanding databases have also had an unintended consequence: They are helping people find biological parents whose identities had long been mysteries. Information Gateway resource: Search & Reunion: https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/adoption/search/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/dnas-new-miracle-how-adoptees-are-using-online-registries-to-find-their-blood-relatives/2016/10/12/10433fec-8c48-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html