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>> Hill: ON THIS THANKSGIVING

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WEEKEND, WE HAVE A STORY FROM

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MINNESOTA'S TWIN CITIES PBS

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STATION ABOUT FINDING FAMILY.

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THIS PAST SUMMER, KAOMI LEE

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SHARED HER PERSONAL STORY.

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LIKE MANY OF THE MORE THAN

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200,000 ADOPTED KOREANS AROUND

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THE WORLD, LEE WAS ADOPTED AS A

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SMALL CHILD, BROUGHT TO A NEW

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COUNTRY, AND RAISED BY PARENTS

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OF A DIFFERENT RACE.

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LEE STILL DOES NOT KNOW HER

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BIRTH PARENTS, BUT A DECISION TO

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SHARE HER RESULTS FROM A D.N.A.

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TEST BROUGHT A SURPRISING

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DISCOVERY.

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>> WITH MOST OF THE STATE IN

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DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND HALF THE

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STATE IN SEVERE DROUGHT...

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>> Reporter: AS ALMANAC'S

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GREATER MINNESOTA REPORTER, I

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USUALLY REPORT ON STORIES FROM

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AROUND THE STATE.

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<i>THIS</i>STORY IS A LITTLE

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DIFFERENT.

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THIS IS ACTUALLY WHEN I BECAME A

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CITIZEN.

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50 YEARS AGO, I WAS ADOPTED AS

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AN INFANT FROM SOUTH KOREA AND

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SENT TO A LUTHERAN PASTOR AND

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HIS WIFE IN RURAL MINNESOTA.

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I THOUGHT I LEFT KOREA WITH JUST

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A NAME, A PRESUMED BIRTH DATE

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AND THE CLOTHES ON MY BACK, WITH

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NO HOPE OF FINDING FAMILY.

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LITTLE DID I KNOW I ALSO HAD

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SOMETHING VERY POWERFUL: MY

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D.N.A.

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AND I'’’M NOT ALONE.

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>> WELL, BEN HAS SPOKEN TO HIS

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HALF BROTHER, JEFF, BUT THEY'VE

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NEVER MET FACE TO FACE UNTIL

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NOW.

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BEN, ARE YOU READY?

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>> I'’’M READY.

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>> JEFF, COME ON OUT.

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(<i>APPLAUSE</i>)

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>> Reporter: COMMERCIAL D.N.A.

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TESTS HAVE BEEN CONNECTING

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RELATIVES TO EACH OTHER FOR THE

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PAST 15 YEARS.

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FOR KOREAN ADOPTEES WHO OFTEN

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CAN'T ACCESS RECORDS OR BIRTH

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IDENTITIES, THE TESTS HAVE BEEN

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A GAME CHANGER.

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>> RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE OVER 12

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MILLION CUSTOMERS, AND ABOUT 80%

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OF THOSE CUSTOMERS HAVE FOUND A

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THIRD COUSIN OR CLOSER.

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I THINK A LOT OF THIS

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INFORMATION IS REALLY INVALUABLE

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FOR EVERYONE, BUT SPECIFICALLY

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FOR ADOPTEES, YOU KNOW--

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ESPECIALLY BECAUSE TYPICALLY

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ADOPTEES DON'T HAVE FAMILY

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HISTORY, WHETHER IT'S THEIR

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ANCESTRY OR HEALTH.

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AND ACTUALLY CERTAIN ANCESTRIES

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CAN PUT YOU AT A HIGHER RISK OF

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DEVELOPING CERTAIN DISEASES, AND

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SO WE'VE HEARD FROM SO MANY

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CUSTOMERS IT'S IMPACTED THEIR

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LIVES TREMENDOUSLY.

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>> Reporter: I TOOK 23andMe's

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D.N.A. TEST FIVE YEARS AGO.

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I SHARED THE RESULTS ON SOME

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OTHER DATABASES, AND THEN THIS

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SPRING I GOT A MESSAGE.

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SOMEONE IN DENMARK THOUGHT THEY

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WERE MY HALF SISTER OR NIECE,

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AND LIKE ME SHE WAS ALSO A

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KOREAN ADOPTEE.

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>> YOU KNOW, I THINK, OH, YOU

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JUST TAKE IT A DAY AT A TIME.

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>> Reporter: WE DID MORE TESTS.

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ALL SIGNS POINTED TO HALF

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SISTERS.

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BUT AFTER DENMARK OPENED TO

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VISITORS, I DECIDED TO FLY AND

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MEET LISA BECK.

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BUT I WAS STILL NERVOUS.

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HOW WOULD IT FEEL TO MEET A

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PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN BIOLOGICAL

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SIBLING FOR THE FIRST TIME?

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WOULD WE GET ALONG?

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WOULD WE HAVE ANYTHING TO TALK

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ABOUT?

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WOULD MEETING HER HELP ME BETTER

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UNDERSTAND MYSELF?

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THEN, THE MOMENT HAPPENED.

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>> I'M TEARING UP, OH!

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(<i>UNINTELLIGIBLE</i>)

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>> DID YOU WAIT A LONG TIME?

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>> YES, AND I WAS GETTING

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NERVOUS!

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>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

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>> OH, HOW NICE TO SEE YOU!

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>> SO NICE TO SEE YOU!

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>> Reporter: WE GOT A CHANCE TO

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SIT DOWN TOGETHER, FACE TO FACE.

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I LEARNED THAT LISA DECIDED TO

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DO A D.N.A. TEST ON A WHIM.

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>> EARLY MORNING, I LAY IN MY

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BED, AND I WAS VERY TIRED.

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AND I JUST TOOK MY PHONE OUT AND

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THEN, "OH, WHAT?

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I HAVE A SISTER!"

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I WAS SO CONFUSED AND EXCITED AT

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THE SAME TIME, YEAH.

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>> Reporter: WHAT WAS GOING

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THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN-- WHEN

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YOU SAW ME?

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>> I WAS AMAZED.

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I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE I CAN

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SEE THE SIMILARITIES, BUT I

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CAN'T PUT A FINGER ON IT, YOU

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KNOW, EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.

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BUT I CAN SEE WE LOOK ALIKE, YOU

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KNOW-- NOSE, MOUTH, CHEEKS, AND

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SO ON.

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SO, I CAN SEE WE--

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>> Reporter: I CAN SEE IT IN THE

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EYES.

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>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

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SO, I CAN SEE WE LOOK SIMILAR.

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>> Reporter: LISA AND I DON'T

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KNOW WHO OUR BIRTH PARENTS ARE.

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FINDING EACH OTHER THROUGH

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D.N.A. FEELS LIKE BEATING ALL

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ODDS.

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OUR STORY WAS EVEN FEATURED ON

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NATIONAL DANISH TV.

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(<i>UNINTELLIGIBLE</i>)

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>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

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>> WE-- WE DID IT!

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>> WE DID IT!

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(<i>LAUGHTER</i>)

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>> Reporter: WE ALSO MET WITH

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KOREAN ADOPTEES IN DENMARK.

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LIKE MINNESOTA, THERE ARE

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THOUSANDS HERE.

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>> NICE TO MEET YOU!

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>> Reporter: LISA AND I HAD FUN

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GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER

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DURING THE SHORT VISIT, BUT

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INSTEAD OF ANSWERING QUESTIONS,

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MEETING LISA CREATED MORE.

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NOW THAT I KNOW ABOUT YOU, IT

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JUST MAKES ME START TO, YOU

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KNOW, GO DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

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OF, WHO WAS-- WHO WAS OUR

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FATHER?

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WHAT-- IS HE STILL ALIVE?

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DO WE HAVE OTHER SIBLINGS OUT

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THERE?

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I'M ALSO VERY AWARE THAT MANY

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ADOPTEES DO NOT GET THIS

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OPPORTUNITY, AND THAT HELPS ME

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TO KNOW HOW SPECIAL IT IS THAT

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WE-- WE<i>DID</i>FIND EACH OTHER.