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DNA Testing to reunite
Adoptees and Birth Parents
by Michelle Konieczny
The advancement of technology has led to a new method of searching for families affected by adoption that are looking to reunite. A new program is being launched by Linda Hammer in cooperation with DNA Testing.com to develop a new DNA database to assist Adoptees and their Birth Parents with their reunification goals. The testing Hammer says will preclude the need for parties to have an original birth certificate, a name, date or even place of birth. This is welcome news for many adoptees and birth parents who have found they were involved in a "Black Market Adoption", or that crucial information had been changed by the state on their Amended Birth Certificates or the information they received from their agency or County of Adoption.
The testing would be done by interested participants swabbing the interior of their cheek which would pick up cells containing their DNA. The swab would then be placed in an envelope containing contact information for the participant. The samples would then be stored till there were enough samples to begin the matching process. Response to the program has been tremendous as Hammer and co-host Simone Keevert have already been receiving thousands of requests to participate.
Hammer cites the need for a program of this sort has arisen out of the erroneous decision by US states to seal adoptees' personal records. Since these records are sealed the adoptees are often denied of having a complete medical history to work with when they see their doctor. This has resulted in the needless deaths of many who might otherwise have been able to take precautions related to various hereditary ailments they were unaware of prior to the illness and death of themselves and those in descendant generations.
Hammer also lists a warning to unscrupulous adoption agencies to get "malpractice insurance, now". Most Open Records Advocates recognize that the current state of adoption records laws protects those involved in Black Market Adoptions. Hammer contends that with this new program even familial connections once obliterated by changing of documents can be exposed and the families finally reunited. "This is a very exciting project that would certainly put a light at the end of a very dark tunnell for adoptees and birth parents", states Ed Gaulin, President of the Manasota Genealogical Society in Brandenton, FL.
While most discussions of reuniting adoptees and birthparents bring discussion of privacy issues, this is not the case with this program as all participants would be willing.
Linda Hammer is no stranger to the Adoption Community. She is the founder and publisher of a website called The Seeker - Reuniting the World! (http://www.the-seeker.com) and is also the host of a daily call-in radio show heard on WTMY 1280AM in Sarasota Florida, which can also be heard live on the internet.
To participate in
this program or to obtain more information please visit the
following website: http://www.the-seeker.com .
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