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[-] big_slap@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

i had a coworker from my last job find his birth mother through one of these dna websites. the happiness he had on his face when he came back after finally meeting his biological family made me think about 1) how fortunate I am and 2) how many people have used these services to connect to long lost family members.

the good outweighs the bad for now, imo.

[-] vagrantprodigy@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 10 points 11 months ago

No question. It took me 6 years and thousands of hours to find mine (distant matches only, and birth father was dead, and birth mother was also adopted, which added an extra 2 years to the search). If it wasn't for DNA I would never have located her though.

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