Finding My American Roots

Find selv din familie via DNA-tests Kunne du tænke dig selv, at prøve at finde din familie via DNA-test, så er der nogle ting du skal vide. Der findes RIGTIG mange udbydere af disse, men kun en lille håndfuld opfylder de forskningsmæssige krav til et validt resultat. Af disse er der stor forskel på, hvor stor en såkaldt 'pool' de har i deres database, og der er også stor forskel på hos hvem folk fra forskellige dele af verden lader sig teste. Jeg vil herunder liste de valide selskaber efter størrelsen af deres 'pool', og skrive hvem der hovedsageligt lader sig teste hos dem. Hvilke udbydere er der på markedet? 1. Ancestry.com - Har den største 'pool' med over 15 mio. testere. Testere kommer dog hovedsageligt fra det Nordamerikanske kontinent, men også fra de britiske øer, Sydafrika og Australien. 2. 23andme.com - Har den næststørste 'pool' med godt 10 mio. testere. Testere kommer hovedsageligt fra det Nordamerikanske kontinent, og herudover ...

Brothers - Similarities and differences  [ To be updated ] I will start this entry to say how thrilled I am to have found my birth family, and to say how proud I am of my brothers, who I even haven't met yet, but slowly getting to learn a little better. I am amazed how similar we are in so many ways, but yet we also have our differencies as brothers does.  I decided to appoint this entry to look at our similarities and differencies, and I have decided to make it dynamic in the sense I will update the entry as I learn more. Why is this so important to me? It is because during the years I have debated much in what scale our personality is influenced by our heritage or by the inviroment. I have argued that heritage is the largest influencer to our personality, while many around me argues based on what they have learned of psychology at School, that inviroment is the largest influencer. Well, I can only say for my part, that I found heritage is a far more influencer ...

Follow up on "The Lost Son of Castleton" I have previously written an entry about how being found laying on the ground in Paju City, Korea. I  leaned I never really finished this entry before it got postet, and therefore I feel a need to go deeper into this story.  First of all, I cannot know if this story is true, even that is what written in the adoption file. Danish National Television, Danmarks Radio (DR), broadcastet June 6 2018 a documentary: " Import af børn - Adoptionens historie " ( Importing of children - The history of Adoption ). The TV show specialy  focused on adoptions from South Korea in 1960-1980s. In this periode of time there is a common understanding in Denmark, and among other Western Countries, that these children just needs parents, and in these countries adults wished to adopt a child. This could only be a great match. This common understanding gave foundation for a growing industry in Korea of adopting children of, so they didn...

The Lost Son of Castleton Wednesday February 13 2019 mrs. Bates, my mum, sent a message to my brothers, Len and Al: " We need to chat ". The entire family agreed on meeting at mums house the following Saturday afternoon. Only Al's wife was not able to be there due to work. Mum sat down the family and began to tell what had happened. Len interrupted, learning what it was all about, telling he already knew they had another brother they thought had passed away. Dad had told him years ago, but asked him not to bring up the subject again, as it always had been a great pain in mums heart. Len had kept this promise. Al, who is not at Facebook, had somehow heard the stir in the town about my name, so he had googled my name and found a picture. He then knew for sure, that we were related. He just couldn't figure out how. A stone fell of the chest of my mum, and after she had explained to everyone what happened, everybody was full of understanding, joy and happiness. ...

My story This blog entry will be a mix of what I've learned from finding my biological family, and what I knew ahead. I need to stress that the story of what happened before I was adopted, is based on what I've learned the past few days. There may be misunderstandings. I might therefor updating this entry as I learn of these.   Wednesday December 5 1973 the american soldier, Leonard Wayne Bates, married the korean girl, Chong Suk Puk, he met at his stationing in South Korea, becoming mrs. Bates. His wife was already pregnant and gave birth to a son March 11 1974. They named the son after his father.  The following year, July 7 1975, mrs. Bates gave birth to yet another son at Seoul Severance Hospital. The boy weight around 5 pound and was born with lip- and cleft palate. They parents loved this boy, despite the handicap, and named him John Bates. This boy was me.  Due to rotation of the soldiers, Leonard was enforced to go back to US. He was allowed to brin...