Paul Joseph Fronczak

Excellent story. My family also has an adoption story - my mother was adopted out as a baby in the 1930s. We have recently learned that she was fostered for the first 2 years of her life before finally being adopted. Fortunately my mothers story was not as bad as Pauls story. She and I both did a DNA test, and luckily we found some cousin matches already in the databases so we were able to get some answers fairly fast. I give this story 4.5 stars. It was well written, and kept my attention. It is sad that Paul has not yet been able to learn what happened to his twin sister. It is good to know that the real Paul Fronczak has been found - but he chooses not to be publicly identified - which is of course his right.… (mehr)

When he was a boy, Paul Fronczak discovered hidden newspaper clippings that told the story of his kidnapping from a Chicago hospital shortly after his birth and his reunion with his family a couple of years later. His doubts about his true identity never really left his mind from that point on. After his daughter's birth, her doctors naturally wanted information about his medical history, and he realized that he wasn't sure that he really was Paul Fronczak. A DNA test eventually proved his suspicion was accurate and he set out on a quest to discover his both his true identity and what had happened to the real Paul Fronczak. He had support from genetic genealogists in his search, but unfortunately not the support of his family. I find it hard to blame him for pursuing the truth. I think I would have felt the same way if I were in his shoes. It seemed that each discovery only served to raise more questions and led him to painful secrets. I listened to most of this book in a single day. It was just that hard to put down.… (mehr)