Once a year, we celebrate Genetic Counselor Awareness Day! That day is upon us!

Do you call them biological fathers? Birth dads? Found fathers, discovered dads, sires, or “men who fathered a child they were not aware of”?

Here’s some advice I’ve gathered for those who are considering or already have involved DNA testing in an adoption-related search.

Sometimes 23andMe reports an inaccurate DNA relationship between two testers. A half sibling is not always a half sibling. It could be a cousin, for example.

This YouTube video went up a few days ago, created and posted by an adoptee named Blake who experienced GSA after reuniting with a biological parent (father/same-sex parent in his case).

Umbilical cord blood donation allows a type of stem cell transplant.

Are you hoping to locate biological family via records search, DNA testing, or possibly both?

I recently received a message from someone who made an unexpected discovery of a new family member after doing DNA testing.

There are many varieties of DNA testing, some that are extensive scans of your DNA and some that provide focused or partial information.

I have people reach out through my website who are adopted or donor conceived and are at the very start of a search, asking where do I even start? It can be overwhelming trying to learn all of the ins and outs of searching whether using access to records or DNA testing.