Adoption

If a DNA test reveals an unexpected family connection, you may feel pressure to act quickly. This article offers supportive guidance for processing the discovery, seeking help, and approaching first contact carefully.

Learn what an NPE is, how unexpected DNA results can happen, and where to find support after a DNA surprise, adoption, or donor conception discovery.

Hear from 325Kamra about how they use DNA to reunite Korean families separated by adoption and how you can help.

Because Donna was adopted, she wanted to learn more about her family history. What came back was completely unexpected.

Simmone had the idea to get her father tested to try and find more of his relatives. Perhaps more family members had made it out of North Korea. When she uploaded her father’s results to FamilyTreeDNA, she was surprised

Mikal was searching for her heritage. Little did she know, she would uncover something completely unexpected on her father’s side...and it wasn't her origins.

Then, Jim’s daughter Mikal called. Through FamilyTreeDNA, she’d found a sister no one knew about. Jim had another daughter. But she was in Vietnam.

Elyese never felt like she belonged anywhere. She never felt like she really knew who she was...