she's 39 years old, living happily
with her husband and beautiful children
in the lovely town of Wrightwood, CA..
Two days ago, I received a call from her.
She began by saying she did not want
anything at all from me. She only needed
to ask a few questions and wondered
if I would be willing to answer.
As we spoke, she listed a few names.
Names I recognized... family names.
Great-Grandparents... Grandparents...
and my mother, by her maiden name.
She asked if I remembered her mother.
Yes, I remembered her from high school.
Stephanie then told me she had done
a 23andMe: DNA Genetic Testing & Analysis.
She explained that her search on Ancestry
revealed that she had a genetic connection
to the names she previously shared with me.
There was a long pause.
"I think you may be my biological father" she said.
An even longer pause. "We should meet." I said.
I drove 3 hours from Del Mar to Wrightwood.
We met at a park. Just the two of us.
It was wonderful and thrilling to meet her.
We spoke for a few hours. She's intelligent,
beautiful and talented. And she sings...
of course she sings. She's my daughter!
