Category Archives: Finding Birth Parents

Who Am I, What is My Name? Part III – Gertrude and Sonia Spyra

Posted on October 17, 2013 by identifinders

A mystery within the mystery of Pnina’s identity is the fate of Gertrude Spyra and her daughter Sonia. As the parties responsible for smuggling Pnina from the Warsaw Ghetto, Gertrude and Sonia may have left behind clues about Pnina’s parents. … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Birth Parents, Holocaust Project, Uncategorized | Tagged Auschwitz, autosomal DNA, Barbara Wenglinski, Birth Parents, Charlotte Rebhun, Chorzów, deportation, DNA Identification, Forensic Genealogy, General Government, Georgetown, Gertrude Spyra, Guyana, Identifinders, Katowice, Królewska Huta, Lotar Spyra, Meisner & Co., missing-identity, Myslowice, Nazi Germany, Pawiak Prison, Pnina Gutman, Poniecki, Silesia, Unidentified, Warsaw Ghetto | 6 Comments

Who Am I? What is My Name? Part II – Pnina, Wolfgang, and the Warsaw Ghetto

Posted on December 12, 2012 by identifinders

Convinced that my surname was Rebhun, I contacted Rebhuns around the world. Though the BBC, CNN, and the international press featured my quest, I initially received no responses. Finally in March 1997, the Munich Red Cross relayed a reply from … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Birth Parents, Historical Identifications, Holocaust Project | Tagged Adela Rebhun, autosomal DNA, Barbara Weglinski, Barbara Wenglinski, Birth Parents, Bogdan Kazcmarek, Charlotta Rebhun, Child Survivor Holocaust, DNA Identification, Eva Floersheim, Forensic Genealogy, Gertrude Spyra, Holocaust Anniversary Day, Identifinders, Jewish Central Committee, Jewish Historical Institute, Missig Identity, mitochondrial DNA, mtDNA, Munich Red Cross, Otwoc Orphanage, Pnina Gutman, Poland, Sierakow, Sonia Spyra, Survivor, Unidentified, Warsaw, Warsaw Ghetto, Warsaw Uprising, Wolfgang Rebhun | 4 Comments

Who Am I, What Is My Name? Part I – Pnina, Otwoc, and the Kazcmareks

Posted on December 10, 2012 by identifinders

My name is Pnina Gutman. I am 70 years old. I began the search for my biological identity in April 1996. I called this project “Who am I what’s my name?” I came to Israel from Poland at the age … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Birth Parents, Historical Identifications, Holocaust Project | Tagged Adela Rebhun, autosomal DNA, Barbara Weglinski, Barbara Wenglinski, Birth Parents, Bogdan Kazcmarek, Charlotta Rebhun, Child Survivor Holocaust, DNA Identification, Eva Floersheim, Forensic Genealogy, Gertrude Spyra, Holocaust Anniversary Day, Identifinders, Jewish Central Committee, Jewish Historical Institute, Missig Identity, Munich Red Cross, Otwoc Orphanage, Pnina Gutman, Poland, Sierakow, Sonia Spyra, Survivor, Warsaw, Warsaw Ghetto, Warsaw Uprising, Wolfgang Rebhun | 4 Comments

Identifinders International Announces DNA Study for Child Survivors of the Holocaust

Posted on September 5, 2012 by identifinders

Identifinders International, in collaboration with 23andMe and Missing-Identity.net, announces a pilot study to help child survivors of the Holocaust to recover their birth identities. It is hoped that autosomal DNA testing will allow these survivors to discover family connections that would otherwise be … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Birth Parents, Holocaust Project | Tagged 23andMe, autosomal testing, Birth Parents, child survivors, DNA Identification, DNA testing, Forensic Genealogy, hidden chidlren, Holocaust survivors, Identifinders, missing-identity, Poland, Unidentified | 5 Comments

Bonnie’s New Family

Posted on September 6, 2010 by identifinders

Finding Bonnie’s birth father was one of our most difficult birth parent searches. Bonnie and her brother Michael knew they were born in Germany in the 1950s, but they did not know they were adopted until 2002. Although Bonnie had a copy of her birth … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Birth Parents | Tagged Adoption Search, Adoptionsberatung, Birth Father, Birth Mother, Birth Parent, Birth Parents, DNA Identification, Forensic Genealogy, Germany, Identifinders, Judenamt, Marienpflege Orphanage, Y-DNA | Leave a comment

Jeni’s Family Reunion

Posted on August 13, 2010 by identifinders

Jeni Reed was raised by her maternal grandmother and knew almost nothing about her dad Thomas McKay. Yet we were able to find him! I surprised Jeni with the news on June 16. To add to the excitement, we discovered that … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Birth Parents, Uncategorized | Tagged Birth Father, Birth Mother, Birth Parents, Family Reunion, Forensic Genealogy, Identifinders | 1 Comment

Happy Reunion

Posted on June 18, 2010 by identifinders

Identifiers is happy to have reunited Bonnie Dodson and her dad in July 2010 after 55 years. Bonnie is looking forward to meeting the rest of her new family. We are just thrilled to have been an important part of bringing about such … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Birth Parents | Tagged Adoptees, Adoptions, Birth Parents, Forensic Genealogy, Identifinders, Reuniting Families | 3 Comments

Category Archives: Finding Birth Parents

Who Am I, What is My Name? Part III – Gertrude and Sonia Spyra

Who Am I? What is My Name? Part II – Pnina, Wolfgang, and the Warsaw Ghetto

Who Am I, What Is My Name? Part I – Pnina, Otwoc, and the Kazcmareks

Identifinders International Announces DNA Study for Child Survivors of the Holocaust

Bonnie’s New Family

Jeni’s Family Reunion

Happy Reunion

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