Kevin Martin
CREATIVE. INTROSPECTIVE. INQUISITIVE. I was born in London, Ontario Canada in September 1986 with the help of an anonymous sperm donor. My mother’s husband at the time was infertile so […]
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Gabrielle Pattillo
WELCOMING. DETERMINED. CARING. My mom happened to be the genealogy queen of the family, so I decided for her birthday in July that I’d buy her a DNA test from
Andre Williams
CREATIVE. TENACIOUS. ARTIST. My name is Andre Williams. Born in March 1994, I was brought to The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) by emergency services sometime during the day of my
Billie Bakshi
DRIVEN. PERSISTENT. DETERMINED. I was three years old when my dad left, and when he was gone, so was any link I had to his family. No one came looking
Dinah Federer
OBSERVING. ADVOCATING. EVOLVING. “You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be
Angie Clark
RESILIENT. LOYAL. FIERCE. I had a rocky, on and off-again relationship with the man I knew as my Dad my entire life. But, in 2007 we were tight, we had
Anita Mallant
UNDERSTANDING. FORGIVENESS. COMPASSION. I grew up in a home in Phoenix, Arizona where I was loved and doted on by my Dad—I was his princess. My three siblings had to
David Wrate
MAKER. PRGAMTIST. SOLVER I always knew I was adopted. My adoptive parents used to say, “When we got David” as compared to “When David was born.” I suppose that’s what
Caroline Martin
RESILIENT. FAIR. PERSISTENT. I always knew I l was different, I would look at my baby pictures and see a small child with black ringlets, deep dark eyes, alone in
Sabrina Carlin
MOTHER. TEACHER. INSPIRER. I’ve been interested in family history and our origins for as long as I can remember. I used to spend every summer with my grandparents on both