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DNA SHOCK 50 YEARS to find my SECRET FAMILY

Susan Butler, 53, Te Puke, NZ

Scrolling through my emails after work one night, one in particular caught my attention. It was from a genealogy website, My Heritage, offering to send out free DNA test kits to help people find their family.

Growing up, my parents David and Jeanette were always open about the fact that I was adopted.

Though they didn’t know much about my mum, they assumed she’d been forced to give me up due to giving birth out of

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