Using DNA to Reunite Families Torn Apart by War
The News Hour with Jim Lehrer has a tear jerker about how DNA testing is reuniting adopted children with their families. They feature Angela Fillingim, who was adopted from El Salvador in 1980’s when civil war raging. While Angela was not one of the children who was kidnapped and sold for adoption, she was given up for adoption because her mother feared for her safety.
As part of the Pro Busqueda association, families are giving blood samples to aid in DNA matching of missing children and parents. Approximately 800 samples are currently stored and almost 70 families have been reunited using DNA. Other countries where DNA has been used to reunite families include North and South Korea (including Olympic skier Toby Dawson), Vietnam, Rwanda, Chile and Argentina. Some siblings adopted from China have also been matched using DNA.
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Tags: adoption, adopted, children, kids, family, parenting, biological parents, dna, genetics, genes, genome
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