How a DNA test led one woman to uncover that her father was switched at birth
After Alice Collins Plebuch took an ancestral DNA test, she learned her father – who she'd believed to be Irish Catholic – was actually descended from Russian and Eastern European Jews. She tells Piya how the surprise led her down an obsessive journey to discover his roots... which eventually revealed he'd been switched at birth and had biological family they'd never met before.
Alice Collins Plebuch's investigation of her roots brought her a shocking discovery and a whole new family
This story was originally published on May 31, 2019.
After Alice Collins Plebuch took an ancestral DNA test, she learned her father ー who she'd believed to be Irish Catholic ー was actually descended from Russian and Eastern European Jews.
She tells Piya how the surprise led her down an obsessive journey to discover his roots... which eventually revealed he'd been switched at birth and had biological family they'd never met before.
This story appears in the Out in the Open episode, "Put to the Test".