https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 26 May 2026 17:49:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dna-matches-missing-kids-with-parents#post-248830 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 15:53:39 +0000 sorrycharlie 248830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>wow..that is incredible! this made me curious for some of the super high profile cases, if they already tried to match dna samples (I'm sure they have..sheesh, I sound like I'm totally insulting the police). For some reason Madeleine McCann came to mind immediately. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dna-matches-missing-kids-with-parents#post-248817 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 15:16:22 +0000 tequiero21 248817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ugh. now that i have kids, i can't imagine someone taking them away from me. gotta love science &amp; technology! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dna-matches-missing-kids-with-parents#post-248314 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 00:27:28 +0000 mrbee 248314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, this just makes so much sense:</p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/04/world/europe/spanish-scientist-puts-genetics-to-work-to-find-missing-children.html?pagewanted=all" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/04/world/europe/spanish-scientist-puts-genetics-to-work-to-find-missing-children.html?pagewanted=all</a></p> <p>The article ends with this story: </p> <p>&lt;&lt; Until recently, however, [Dr. Lorente] had never met any of the families [that his organization] DNA-Prokids helped reunite. But the company that developed some of the test kits used by his foundation decided to make a promotional video and flew him to California to meet Brenda Corado, who had been reunited with her daughter, Angela, in Guatemala.</p> <p>Ms. Corado had been walking on the street with Angela, then 21 days old, when two men got out of a car, snatched the baby from her arms and beat her until she passed out. What the men intended to do with the child is unclear. But Dr. Lorente believes that they probably intended to make money putting the child up for adoption.</p> <p>Two months later, however, an infant girl was abandoned at a Christian television station in Guatemala and, using DNA analysis, the police were able to identify that baby as Angela.</p> <p>“I just saw how she looked,” Dr. Lorente said of his first meeting with Ms. Corado. “What could she say? You don’t make money at this. But you do feel proud.” &gt;&gt;</p> <p>What an amazing use of science. </p>