Letter writer and brother were the product of their mother’s affairs and still don’t know much about their biological father.
Even though we’ve subscribed to two well-known genealogical databases in an attempt to track down our biological father, our efforts have been fruitless. Both databases put forth hundreds of “possible relatives,” even though his surname has never even appeared in either one of them. The only confirmation that we have of his actual existence was an obscure death certificate, dated 1963.
If you and your brother both submitted samples, a DNA search would first of all reveal whether you and your brother are full or half-siblings. It would also likely turn up some DNA relatives along both your mother’s and biological father’s sides. One advantage of DNA genealogy research is that it is not dependent on names, surnames, family trees, or public records.
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