If you are as infatuated with true crime as I am, you’ll know that these days, DNA is also making it possible to solve more crimes. Detectives can now track career criminals from previous arrests in which they mandatorily submitted their DNA to the worldwide database. I’m so thankful to scientists and their research because this amazing tool is bringing a new meaning to “guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”

On the personal side, there are thousands of stories of people using DNA to find relatives, clear up adoption mysteries, or dig up family secrets that for many years have been buried. In True to Me, I wanted to create a story in which the use of Quinn’s DNA could help her find her family, as well as accidentally unearth the serious travesty that was perpetrated upon her in childhood. Ultimately, circumstances made it possible for her to find the truth without the DNA, but it could’ve happened with it as well.

Now that public DNA testing has hit an explosive growth spurt, it is evident that no genealogy project will be complete unless the paper trail is accompanied by the scientific results of DNA matching. We will see more emotional reunions, and there will be more family secrets that may be better left untouched.

I hope you’ve enjoyed Quinn’s journey, as she not only discovered who she is biologically but also who she is as a person with her own strength. Lastly, please stay in touch by subscribing to my newsletter on my website, because next up is Maggie’s story, and in it, you’ll be seeing more of Quinn, Liam, and all the characters you’ve gotten to know in True to Me.

With gratitude,

Kay

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