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Donna G’s FamilyTreeDNA story reveals surprises<\/h2>\n

She thought she knew everything about her family. Donna’s mother had married young and gave birth to a son. The marriage didn\u2019t last, but her mother remarried, and nine years after her first son, Donna was born. She went through her whole life thinking she knew her mother\u2019s story, but Donna G’s FamilyTreeDNA story really began when she received an email.<\/p>\n

One day, on her FamilyTreeDNA<\/a> account, she found a message from a man claiming to be her brother. That didn\u2019t make any sense to Donna, she couldn\u2019t have a brother she didn\u2019t know about. Her mother had only been married twice. What was going on?
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A story that would change Donna’s life<\/h2>\n

The man had a story that would change Donna\u2019s life, and explain things that she had never understood. He had been adopted, but after all his research and testing, he found his father, a famous WWII pilot. Now, he was searching for his mother. Donna knew her mother had served in the Women\u2019s Army Corps, but that was before she had been born, and she didn\u2019t know much about it.<\/p>\n

After being tested and confirming the man was her brother, they pieced together the story. Her mother had fallen in love with a pilot during the war and she became pregnant. However, he was married, and Donna\u2019s older brother was already being cared for by his grandparents. In the end, Donna\u2019s mother was forced to give the baby up for adoption.<\/p>\n

I hope to see my pilot again<\/h2>\n

After Donna’s mother and the pilot went their separate ways, several years later she married Donna\u2019s father. Prior to her mother’s death in 2002, she had insisted that Tennyson\u2019s poem, \u201cCrossing the Bar,\u201d be read at her funeral, but Donna was never sure why. Looking back, she remembered that the final line of the poem stated, \u201cI hope to see my Pilot face to face\/When I have cross the bar.\u201d She realized what this must have meant. Donna\u2019s mother always loved that pilot, and she was hoping they would now be reunited.<\/p>\n

By the time Donna’s brother reached out, most of Donna\u2019s family was already gone. But luckily now, her family was growing again.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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