For those of you really interested in the process here is a link and a video from youtube also:
http://ldna.ancestry.com/
For others who just want it all in a nutshell heres a bit below.
I must wait now for the lady who we think is my possible blood mothers family to get her results. See the thing is is that my blood mother was adopted also as I was. We think her adoption was an inside the family adoption but don't know for sure. I was able to find my mother through information that my adopted mother had gotten before they adopted me and so got to know her adopted family members. The lady I am trying to match w/ sent hers in a week later than me so it will be a few more days till we find out if we are possible related. By looking at my results it appears that we have some distant relatives showing up as a match between us in other members DNA results and on their family trees.
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