Our grandson we had never seen was discovered. During 1984 our teen son and his girl friend became pregnant and the girls parents pretty much forced her to give up the baby for adoption. It was a closed adoption therefore no one knew the disposition of the baby nor could they gain access to any information about the recieving adoptive parents.
Thirty four years later my daughter presented me with a dna kit because I had expressed an interest in knowing what my family tree was. I submitted the test and was awaiting a report when I received some inquiries from an individual I did not know about family information. This individual had also submitted a dna test approximately 4 or 5 weeks earlier. He had seen my report even before I knew it was complete. After a few email and telephone exchanges I suspected this individual was our grandson we had never seem. Eventually we confirmed this to be the case and a in August of 2016 we met with him and his family in Austin, Texas where one of their relatives was getting married.
It was a wonderful meeting and all of us were elated to see one another. Earlier this month my wife and I made a trip to Indiana to visit our Grandson and his family and parents. It was an exceptional time and highlighted with our getting to see and get acquainted with our great grand daughter. Our Grandsons parents are exceptional people and raised our Grandson in very favorable environment.
I never thought I would ever see him in this life but thanks to God we have experienced something that cannot be measured in dollars and cents.
George Shaw
April 23, 2018
I think that’s fantastic!