Last week, retired marketing specialist Nora Probasco called her
brother with a half-serious, half-joking question: Was she adopted? The
issue came up after the 59-year-old genealogy hobbyist from Louisville,
Ky., received the results of a test she took through 23andMe, a firm
that allows people to learn more about their ancestry and some medical
conditions through DNA analysis.
"I was shocked," she said. "What it came down to, the way I know to read them, is that my mom is not my mom."
To her relief, it turned out to be a mistake.
You can read more at: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/10/MNCD1DSSIV.DTL#ixzz0qZNbUl00
