Living in the Know: The Adoptee's Quick-Start Guide to Finding Family with DNA Testing - Softcover

Berger, Geraldine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1736720309 ISBN 13: 9781736720301

Publisher: Byram Books, 2021

Synopsis

Living in the Know: The Adoptee's Quick-Start Guide to Finding Family with DNA Testing is a book about the importance of knowing the truth of one's origins and solving cases of unknown parentage with DNA Testing.

Part memoir, part quick-start guide, Geraldine Berger, "The Genetic Genealogy Coach," shares her own journey to living in the know. The search for her birth parents spanned a cumulative thirty-four years, due to sealed records, aliases and other erroneous information. Berger tells you which DNA tests to use and how to navigate websites like Ancestry.com. She guides you step-by-step through the Berger Method, the proven strategy she has used to solve hundreds of cases of unknown parentage and other family tree mysteries.

Berger's compelling personal story- and those of twelve others whom she has reunited with members of their biological families- make a powerful argument for discovering the truth of one's origins. Are you ready to live in the know?

What's Inside?

• The Quick-Start Guide to Finding Family with DNA Testing
• Gerri's proven DNA testing strategy
• A special chapter for birth parents and birth family members searching for an adoptee
• Step-by-step instructions on how to download your raw DNA data and upload it to other sites
• Important considerations and search outcomes

For more information about the author and her services visit http: //www.geneticgenealogycoach.com.

About this title

About the Author

Geraldine Berger is a professional genetic genealogist specializing in helping adult adoptees and others with unknown parentage to identify and locate their birth parents, and other long-lost family members, via DNA testing. An adoptee herself, "Gerri" has solved hundreds of cases of unknown parentage, as well as other family tree mysteries, including having identified her own biological father, via DNA testing and genetic genealogy. She is also an experienced intermediary between adoptees and their biological family members. Some of her successes have made the front page of Sunday newspaper lifestyle sections and worldwide online news outlets. A dynamic public speaker, Berger lectures on the topic of genetic genealogy at historical and genealogical societies, libraries and other organizations. She is passionate about reuniting families and helping others discover the truth of their origins. Visit http: //www.geneticgenealogycoach.com for more information.

Edition details

• Publisher: Byram Books
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1736720309
• ISBN 13: 9781736720301
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 218