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My Bio Family: My Ethnicity Estimates on AncestryDNA vs Family Tree DNA

April 21, 2015 by Colleen Greene 3 Comments

My Bio Family: My Ethnicity Estimates on AncestryDNA vs Family Tree DNA

Testing my autosomal DNA enables me to compare how accurate my adoption letter was in describing my genetic ethnicity. My birth mom discovery has been quite a whirlwind process this past month. I finally have time to catch my breath a bit and take a harder look at the ethnicity projections about my own DNA. Is this Colleen really Irish?

People Referenced: Robledo, Colleen
Applicable Surnames: Deleon, Rought
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: birth parents, DNA, ethnicity, my genetic family

My Bio Family: Confirming the Maternal-Line via AncestryDNA

April 7, 2015 by Colleen Greene 1 Comment

My Bio Family: Confirming the Maternal-Line via AncestryDNA

AncestryDNA made a liar out of me last night by processing my autosomal DNA results much faster than they quoted. I struck gold last night with my top two AncestryDNA matches, providing DNA confirmation of a maternal-line connection to my Bio Mom Candidate.

People Referenced: Robledo, Colleen
Applicable Surnames: Deleon, Rought
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: birth parents, DNA, Facebook, my genetic family

Finding My Bio Family, a Waiting Game

April 6, 2015 by Colleen Greene 2 Comments

Finding My Bio Family, a Waiting Game

The next step in my search for my biological parents was making contact with my leading birth mom candidate, and sending off my autosomal DNA test sample to AncestryDNA. No results from either approach yet. Needless to say, I have been checking my Facebook Messages and my AncestryDNA test status multiple times daily.

People Referenced: Robledo, Colleen
Applicable Surnames: Deleon, Rought
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: birth parents, DNA, Facebook, my genetic family

Adoption Search Angels Help Me Find My Original Birth Name & Birth Parent Surnames Overnight

March 29, 2015 by Colleen Greene 17 Comments

Adoption Search Angels Help Me Find My Original Birth Name & Birth Parent Surnames Overnight

Less than 24 hours after blogging about beginning to search for my birth parents, through analysis of my autosomal DNA, adoption Search Angel volunteers identified my original birth name and the surnames of my birth parents. Just a few hours later, we identified my leading Birth Mom Candidate. Here I explain the process and my next steps.

People Referenced: Robledo, Colleen
Applicable Surnames: Deleon, Rought
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: adoption, birth parents, my genetic family, Search Angels

#52Ancestors: Beginning the Search for My Birth Mother, with Whom I Share Half the Same DNA

March 25, 2015 by Colleen Greene 17 Comments

#52Ancestors: Beginning the Search for My Birth Mother, with Whom I Share Half the Same DNA

This past Monday marked the anniversary of my parents bringing me home as a baby, which six months later resulted in my legal adoption. I have the best parents and family in the world, and have never felt the need to try to find my birth parents. Last week though, I I finally caved and began the process of identifying my biological family by taking an autosomal DNA test through Ancestry.com.

People Referenced: Robledo, Colleen

Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: #52Ancestors (2015), adoption, birth parents, California, DNA, my genetic family

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