The date and location for the next Untangling Our Roots summit have been announced, and the event will take place March 12-15, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia.

This will be the third Roots Summit led by two organizations, Right To Know and National Association of Adoptees & Parents.

The summit brings together researchers, professionals, and individuals impacted by misattributed parentage, NPE, adoption, donor conception, and DNA surprises. Family members and support people are encouraged to join, as are individuals interested in learning more about the unique needs of individuals and families with misattributed parentage and unexpected DNA discoveries.

Researchers at University of Southern California’s School of Social Work) are enrolling multiple individuals in a family impacted by direct-to-consumer (DTC) DNA testing unexpected DNA paternity results. Researchers request the person most closely impacted by a DNA discovery (the parent or adult child) be the first to reach out to the research team with interest.

Research into the experiences of people getting unexpected results from a home DNA test is still in infancy. A new study based at McGill University aims to explore the experiences of consumer DNA testers who receive an unexpected result with implications to their own parentage.

The Genomic Services Research Program (GSRP). A study for patients with unexpected genetic results.