it's the beginning of a new journey as a daughter gets to meet her father for the very first time. 53 year old Deb skills went from researching her nationality to now a new reality. I wanted to know more about my ancestry. I wanted to know uh you know was I mostly Irish or Scottish or English or whatnot. The man I thought was my father passed last year and I was no longer able to get any information from him. So when I got the results I reached out and found out that actually that wasn't my dad and tim herrick is it's been less than two months since they learned that news. But the common match on ancestry DNA helped solve the puzzle six weeks ago. Uh My sister called me and said that this young lady and Tennessee said she was family. Well I said how is she family? My sister says that Her and Deb are 25% and I found out that I had a 25% match of somebody I didn't know. And then under her another match of 15% and then under that another match for 16%. And I was wondering who these people were 78 year old, Tim Herrick lives into Larry. He says 53 years ago was a long time. So he does not recall much other than he was a bachelor at the time. Now. He's married to his wife of 51 years. He has three kids, one stepson, seven grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. Today, his family has grown even bigger. It'll still sink in. It's still so new and fresh and uh we just got to fill it out. But I see I see him in my eyes, I see my eyes in his, so my sister and it's just I I look like them and I've never looked like anybody. So they both quickly realized that they have many similar traits and mannerisms, like the way they eat and the way they walk and even their sense of humor. Despite the time loss, they're happy for the unconditional love. Now I felt like I was missing something and now I feel like I'm home. She'll be a great addition to the family. We welcome her. Thanks dad.