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Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA
Von Richard Hill
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Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA is the highly suspenseful account of an adoptee trying to reclaim the biological family denied him by sealed birth records. This fascinating quest, including the author's landmark use of DNA testing, takes readers on an exhilarating roller-coaster ride and concludes with a twist that rivals anything Hollywood has to offer.
In the vein of a classic mystery, Hill gathers the seemingly scant evidence surrounding the circumstances of his birth. As his resolve shores up, the author also avails of new friends, genealogists, the Internet, and the latest DNA tests in the new field of genetic genealogy. As he closes in on the truth of his ancestry, he is able to construct a living, breathing portrait of the young woman who was faced with the decision to forsake her rights to her child, and ultimately the man whose identity had remained hidden for decades.
Finding Family offers guidance, insight, and motivation for anyone engaged in a similar mission, from ways to obtain information to the many networks that can facilitate adoption searches. The book includes a detailed guide to DNA and genetic genealogy and how they can produce irrefutable results in determining genetic connections and help adoptees bypass sealed records and similar stumbling blocks.
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Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA
Von Richard Hill
Beschreibung
Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA is the highly suspenseful account of an adoptee trying to reclaim the biological family denied him by sealed birth records. This fascinating quest, including the author's landmark use of DNA testing, takes readers on an exhilarating roller-coaster ride and concludes with a twist that rivals anything Hollywood has to offer.
In the vein of a classic mystery, Hill gathers the seemingly scant evidence surrounding the circumstances of his birth. As his resolve shores up, the author also avails of new friends, genealogists, the Internet, and the latest DNA tests in the new field of genetic genealogy. As he closes in on the truth of his ancestry, he is able to construct a living, breathing portrait of the young woman who was faced with the decision to forsake her rights to her child, and ultimately the man whose identity had remained hidden for decades.
Finding Family offers guidance, insight, and motivation for anyone engaged in a similar mission, from ways to obtain information to the many networks that can facilitate adoption searches. The book includes a detailed guide to DNA and genetic genealogy and how they can produce irrefutable results in determining genetic connections and help adoptees bypass sealed records and similar stumbling blocks.
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I found the book to be quite rewarding as it challenged my mind in how I think about my own genealogy research and DNA applications.
Rating: 5Finding Family was an engaging read with the best possible outcome for the author. Mr Hill's decency and thoughtfulness rang through this book as he made the decision to search for his biological family. I appreciated how thoroughly he outlined the process and how he never whitewashed how complicated and fraught it can be. He took on many poignant issues as he searched for his birth mother and father, especially around the sexual lives of his birth parents and its implications for the next generations. One point that I disagree with Mr. Hill is about his belief in the importance of not hurting family members in the search process. While a laudable goal I think, at times a family member might feel hurt during a search and it may not be helped. For example, there are adoptive parents who do feel hurt that their child wants to look for a parent and while respecting their feelings and being as reassuring as possible, a person who is adopted might need to do it anyway and this is OK. Other than that, this was a heartwarming, well-written story and I am thrilled for the author that he found what he needed in his journey. One other thought is that Mr Hill rated his own book on another site and I think it is best to trust the readers of your book to do that, Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me the opportunity to review this book for an honest opinion.
Rating: 4Very interesting story of a man's search for his biological family that started before the internet and DNA matching. Richard Hill shows shows the struggle of sifting through secrets for adoptees and the great improvements to genealogy searching.
Rating: 4Richard Hill relates the story of his search for his birth parents and half-siblings over about a quarter of a century. It was an on and off search that shows how persistence pays off. His story also shows the advances in genetic genealogy during the course of his story. This is a book that adoptees who are interested in DNA testing need to read. While not everyone will be as successful in identifying their birth parents as Hill was, it does provide some encouragement for those who are still plugging away. I was a bit disappointed that there were not more photos and illustrations to accompany his narrative. Although I know what a chromosome browser looks like, many of Hill's potential readers do not and would benefit from an illustration, even if it does not show his actual family's genes due to privacy concerns of his half-siblings and cousins. While Hill is a good writer, the self-published narrative could have used some additional editing.
Rating: 4