Our guest, Dayna Foster, had quite the DNA surprise. Dayna and her sister were both adopted, and they knew that. It was a closed adoption, but was opened when Ohio changed a law around adoptees’ information. Dayna did a DNA test with 23 & Me, and discovered she had four half-siblings, and she quickly connected with a half-brother, Michael. The test results said she was 1% African, and she found a second cousin who is African-American. In Florida, where Dayna lives, the Department of Education has rejected an Advanced Placement course covering African American studies. “African-American history is the history of everyone who lives in this country,” Dayna told us. Dayna continues to search for information about her birth mother and extended family..
Finding Full Sisters After 50 Years
Christina and Eileen have several things in common. Both sets of parents took a huge secret to the grave. It