My sister did a DNA test with Ancestry.com and has been getting a steady stream of suggested related people.
In each case, the person is found to be indeed related.
One of the latest helped a woman and her daughter. The woman was adopted in Winnepeg, and lived her life with sealed records, and no knowledge of her birth family whatsoever.
But those records were recently unsealed but all she learned was the surname of a birth -parent, and Winnepeg.
DNA indicated relationship to us. Sure enough, they were both thrilled. The now know the story of those ancestors, where they originated and where they wound up.
Our ancestors were part of the group from Smaland, Sweden that came to Chisago Lakes, Minnesota in the 1850s-60s. My ancestor went next to Dakota Territory. Hers to Manitoba.
The mother (now age 73) now lives in White Horse, Yukon Territory, and her daughter lives in Grand Prairie,, Alberta.
Our common ancestor was Jonas Peter Falk, born 1793 died 1881 and buried in Center City, Minnesota
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