More DNA Matches

For the last few months, I’ve been busy with my new baby girl. I’ll be honest, I would log on to my ancestry account and check to see if my mom had a new top DNA match. If not, I’d […]

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Been a bit absent lately – good news!

Why I’ve Been Absent Lately Sorry y’all! I’ve been quite absent from this site for a while now and I’d figure I’d check in and share some of my good news. In June I found out I was pregnant… Yay! […]

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Building Trees & Finding Cousins

Building Trees & Finding Cousins

I mentioned in my last post that my mom has a close cousin. Possibly as close as half first cousin or 1st cousin once removed.  I know her name but that’s it.  So, I’m trying to find her by building […]

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Searching For Birth Father – Please Share

Searching for Birth Father You would think since we found my mom’s birth mother, searching her birth father would be a piece of cake right?  Well, not so much.  Her birth mother passed away before we got to meet her […]

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Bio Dad Search

Search Continues for Bio Dad So, it’s been quite a while since I’ve done any kind of updates here.  But I haven’t stopped my search for my mom’s bio dad.  I’ve mentioned before that the search for him will be […]

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Birth Mother – Found!

Birth Mother – Found!

We found my mom’s birth mother! Seriously, never thought we would find my mom’s birth mother and  family like this. I checked my email this morning and I saw that I had a message sent to me through findagrave.com.  I […]

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Search “Poster” Share this please <3

If you are interested in helping us out with the search, please share my Facebook post.  Thanks!   Thanks! <3 Create a Poster for your Search! Want to make a poster or bulletin for your birth family search?  You can always […]

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Klein, Lang Connection

Klein, Lang Connection

Best Not to Assume In my last post I mentioned that my mom had a “new” 2nd cousin – Based on that 2nd cousin, I jumped the gun and assumed some things.  Well, I’m not so sure the connection is […]

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Another 2nd Cousin!

Another 2nd Cousin!

New 2nd Cousin I can’t contain the excitement.  This new 2nd cousin looks to have ancestral ties to the Lang-Metzger lines AND the Kunz-Streider lines.  Her tree is not filled in but I already had her dad and grandmother in […]

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Kunz / Streider Family Revisited

After re-evaluating my process, I’ve decided to go back and look at the families I’ve already looked at. My mom has one 3rd cousin match that has Peter Kunz and Anna Catherine Streider as her great great grandparents.  Her tree […]

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