August 10 found my daughter, grandson, and myself heading north on a field trip of sorts. Armed with a plethora of supplies, our mission was to spiffy up the family gravestones on the twenty-eighth anniversary of my biological mother’s death. …
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Meeting the Bio Family: Chapter 7 — Aunt Donna and Cousin Honey
February 21, 2017, began like any other day, but by 1:30 p.m., the day lost its ordinary status when a message on our Ancestry.com account alerted us to a new, very close DNA match. With a few clicks, we determined …
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Meeting the Bio Family: Chapter 6 — The reunion’s over . . . what now?
Even now months after our return from the 35th anniversary/family reunion/Hawaiian vacation, the memories of those first days and weeks back home are vivid in my mind. The trip home was uneventful. No mechanical issues or missed connections. The quiet …
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Beth Steury, Author 