Wow, this just makes so much sense:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/04/world/europe/spanish-scientist-puts-genetics-to-work-to-find-missing-children.html?pagewanted=all

The article ends with this story:

<< 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.

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.

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.

“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.” >>

What an amazing use of science.