Supporting Adoptees Through Community: Interview with Alex Gilbert, Founder of I’m Adopted
Adoption is one of the greatest acts of love on earth: it means choosing to make a child in need part of your family and providing that child with...
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Celebrating World Adoption Day
Shared DNA isn’t the only thing that makes a family. This World Adoption Day, we celebrate adoptees, adoptive parents, and everyone whose life was touched by adoption. MyHeritage’s commitment...
I Finally Met the Half-Brother I Found Through MyHeritage DNA
Anna Sardis grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, in a family of Greek immigrants. She always knew that she was born in Greece, but what she didn’t know — until...
She Learned She Was Adopted, Then Found Her Birth Family. Now, She’s Helping Others Do the Same
At the age of 20, Alejandra Goicoechea was sitting in her psychologist’s office, seeking treatment after a period of unexplained depression, when the psychologist made an earth-shattering suggestion: “I...
Thanks to MyHeritage DNA Quest, I Had Both of My Dads to Walk Me Down the Aisle
Kara Miller was placed for a closed adoption when she was two days old. Years after taking a DNA test through MyHeritage’s pro bono project DNA Quest, Kara received...
My Brother Vanished at Age 3. MyHeritage Helped Me Find Him 32 Years Later
One autumn day in 1988, two little boys were playing together in their garden in Bogota, Colombia while their older brother watched from a second-story window. A family friend...
Adoptee Celebrates First Christmas with Her Biological Siblings Thanks to MyHeritage DNA Quest
In the first #HolidayHeritage challenge, we asked for your oldest family photo from the holidays. We got this unusual and moving response from a user named Bethany: she posted...
DNA Quest Update
Free DNA kits have been shipped out to participants who were selected to take part in our second round of DNA Quest. Launched in March 2018, DNA Quest is...