At 53, My Mom Found Her Family She Never Knew Existed

Old family photos that my mom collected

Several years ago, my parents told me they were getting each other DNA tests. My dad joked, “Maybe your mom will have .00002% Southeast Asian in her, who knows!”

If anyone knew though, it would be my mom.

I remember growing up entertaining my mom’s keen interest in our genealogy. I would come into her office, finding love letters from my…