http://www.blisstree.com/articles/dna-tests-matching-adopted-children/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:00:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/dna-tests-matching-adopted-children/comment-page-1/#comment-568046 Genetics and Health » Olympic Skier Toby Dawson Finds Biological Father Using DNA Testing Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:27:35 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/?p=246#comment-568046 [...] Adoptions such as Toby Dawson’s are increasingly popular. I can imagine the market for DNA testing of lost kin will be booming as the children (mostly girls) adopted from China and other developing countries become adults. DNA testing of siblings adopted into different families are already happening. The question is, will the biological parents want to be found and if they do, for what reason? [...] [...] Adoptions such as Toby Dawson’s are increasingly popular. I can imagine the market for DNA testing of lost kin will be booming as the children (mostly girls) adopted from China and other developing countries become adults. DNA testing of siblings adopted into different families are already happening. The question is, will the biological parents want to be found and if they do, for what reason? [...]

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/dna-tests-matching-adopted-children/comment-page-1/#comment-567618 Genetics and Health » Genes Are Unique Fri, 10 Nov 2006 22:36:14 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/?p=246#comment-567618 [...] I just finished reading a very long, in-depth look at the way Asian-Americans (particularly Chinese-Americans) are thinking about and acting upon their DNA. Jeff Yang of SF Gate talks about the longing Asian-Americans have to know more about their ancestors (adopted Chinese siblings being matched via DNa testing) and how part of their destiny seemed intertwined with DNA. In a commodified world, we want to be special. In a time of uncertainty, we want a sense of destiny and direction. But most of all, as the globe fragments and atomizes, we want to belong — to be a part of a family, a bloodline, a brethren, however tenuous the tie. We want a tribe of our own. And that’s another big driver behind the latter-day fascination with DNA: What makes us different and individual also makes us similar and connected. [...] [...] I just finished reading a very long, in-depth look at the way Asian-Americans (particularly Chinese-Americans) are thinking about and acting upon their DNA. Jeff Yang of SF Gate talks about the longing Asian-Americans have to know more about their ancestors (adopted Chinese siblings being matched via DNa testing) and how part of their destiny seemed intertwined with DNA. In a commodified world, we want to be special. In a time of uncertainty, we want a sense of destiny and direction. But most of all, as the globe fragments and atomizes, we want to belong — to be a part of a family, a bloodline, a brethren, however tenuous the tie. We want a tribe of our own. And that’s another big driver behind the latter-day fascination with DNA: What makes us different and individual also makes us similar and connected. [...]

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