5 Best Reunion Stories of 2017

Christmas 2017 was a season full of surprises for Kieron Graham, who was reunited with his biological family after taking a DNA test. He quickly was matched through Ancestry.com with his biological brother who also turned out to be studying political science, just as Kieron is, at Kennesaw University. This holiday season also brought a reunion with this birth mother and younger brother who live only 15 minutes away from him. The adoption search and reunion was complete when he was finally reunited with his biological father and brother. Graham said, “It was pretty much all I could wish for.”

Greg Louganis, the U.S. Olympic diver was reunited with his birth mother last year, after 57 years apart. It was a day of gratitude on Thanksgiving 2017 as he met his biological mom and learned he had biological siblings. As Greg stated, “My family’s tripled! It’s such an unexpected surprise.”

Louganis had ended 2016 by submitting his DNA to an online DNA search site with the hopes of confirming the identity of his birth father, whom he had known for many decades. However, instead of just receiving that information, he was contacted by a now confirmed biological cousin who reached out and said “I think you may be my aunt’s son.” Greg was connected with his biological mother and together they met for a Thanksgiving neither one will ever forget.

The Bravo hit reality television series Real Housewives of Beverly Hills dealt with the adoption search and reunion process last season. One of the stars of RHBH, Lisa Vanderpump, spoken openly about her adopted son, Max, who has been a fixture on the series’ search process. Max utilized a private investigator to find his birth mother. Lisa spoke candidly about her emotions as an adoptive mother through the process, and about her son’s desire to be reunited with his birth mother but also not upset his parents.