Publisher: Sunbury Press
ISBN: 978-1620065587

Sometimes, truth can be stranger than fiction. This was the case for author Rebecca Daniels when she did a simple DNA test to find her biological family and discovered a lot more than she bargained for. Finding not only her biological mother, but also two half sisters would be enough to throw anyone for a loop, but between that and discovering other dramatic details from her family, Daniels found herself with a lot to process.

At the beginning of the memoir, Daniels writes that: “For various reasons, many adoptees feel emotionally incomplete without knowing their genetic parentage, but I had never been one of those people. I had, on balance, a very happy and what one could call a normal middle-class suburban childhood, and as an adult, I had no serious desire to search for my genetic parents.” 

However, after a friend decided to do a DNA test to find out her own heritage, Daniels agreed to do one, too, if only to discover if she had any latent medical issues that might be genetic. The DNA test did not net her any results, but it did find a distant cousin living in Sweden who decided to help Daniels find her birth family. 

Being very familiar with genetics through his work in DNA himself, Thomas was able to find Daniels' mother and two half sisters in only a short time. Glenna, Daniels' mother, was 86 years old and living in Omaha, Nebraska. After recently suffering a stroke, Glenna was having trouble recalling the name of Daniels' birth father, but she still remembered Daniels, herself and was delighted to see her long lost child again. 

The writing was excellent and transfixing.  Though Daniels included a lot of the research and genetics her story shines through without getting boughed down with the details.  In fact, I am sure most readers would want to know the details and the science involved. 

Proving that family connections can be everlasting despite what might be unusual circumstances, Finding Sisters: How One Adoptee Used DNA Testing and Determination to Uncover Family Secrets and Find Her Birth Family, is the story of a woman's quest to find herself and the eternal love of a mother and siblings. 

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