Dealing with unexpected DNA results
Several authors have documented their journeys in dealing with unexpected DNA results. These are fabulous stories that are well worth reading. I particularly enjoyed the books listed below. They are available at Amazon in several formats.
“The Stranger in My Genes” by Bill Griffeth.
Bill Griffeth, longtime genealogy buff, takes a DNA test that has an unexpected outcome: “If the results were correct, it meant that the family tree I had spent years documenting was not my own.” Bill undertakes a quest to solve the mystery of his origins, which shakes his sense of identity. As he takes us on his journey, we learn about choices made by his ancestors, parents, and others, and we see Bill measure and weigh his own difficult choices as he confronts the past.
“The Foundling: The true story of a kidnapping, a family secret, and my search for the real me” by Paul Joseph Fronzak.
The Foundling tells the incredible and inspiring true story of Paul Fronczak, a man who recently discovered via a DNA test that he was not who he thought he was—and set out to solve two fifty-year-old mysteries at once. Along the way he upturned the genealogy industry, unearthed his family’s deepest secrets, and broke open the second longest cold-case in US history, all in a desperate bid to find out who he really is.
“Inheritance: a memoir of genealogy, paternity, and love” by Dani Shapiro.
From the acclaimed, best-selling memoirist, novelist and host of the hit podcast Family Secrets, comes a memoir about the staggering family secret uncovered by a genealogy test: an exploration of the urgent ethical questions surrounding fertility treatments and DNA testing, and a profound inquiry of paternity, identity, and love.
