DNA tests, now available to everyone, are creating some pretty amazing stories about families found.
Allen Henderson who works at WLFJ-FM in Greenville, South Carolina has one of those stories,
Here’s what he said on his Facebook page.
“After a lifetime of searching, my brother found me!!
Last year I did a DNA test through MyHeritage, just to see where I’m from. A couple of weeks ago I received an email from MyHeritage informing me that I had a DNA match that shows I have a brother in France and that he wanted to make contact.
Henderson continues, “My Dad was in WWII in 1944 and 1945. His young wife died in childbirth while he was in basic training. Immediately thereafter after he shipped out and landed on Omaha Beach.
While he was there he met a young French girl who had joined the Americans as part of the French Resistance. In 1945 he came back to America leaving her behind, never knowing that she was carrying his son.
Throughout his lifetime, my Dad never knew he had a son in France. He passed away in 1997 not knowing. My Brother, Andre, only knew that his father was an American soldier. His mother died when he was 15 and never told him his father’s name, only that he was an American soldier. He has been searching for his American family his whole life.
Andre is retired now, but spent part of his life as an Evangelical pastor and never lost hope that God would help him discover his family one day.”
Henderson adds, “I’m thankful to God and to MyHeritage for making this happen and changing our lives forever.”