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Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me
Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me | Paul Joseph Fronczak
"A gripping tale of secrets and self-discovery." --People The Foundling tells the incredible and inspiring true story of Paul Fronczak, a man who recently discovered via a DNA test that he was not who he thought he was--and set out to solve two fifty-year-old mysteries at once. Along the way he upturned the genealogy industry, unearthed his family's deepest secrets, and broke open the second longest cold-case in US history, all in a desperate bid to find out who he really is. In 1964, a woman pretending to be a nurse kidnapped an infant boy named Paul Fronczak from a Chicago hospital. Two years later, police found a boy abandoned outside a variety store in New Jersey. The FBI tracked down Dora Fronczak, the kidnapped infant's mother, and she identified the abandoned boy as her son. The family spent the next fifty years believing they were whole again--but Paul was always unsure about his true identity. Then, five years ago--spurred on by the birth of his first child, Emma Faith--Paul took a DNA test. The test revealed definitively that he was not Paul Fronczak. From that moment on, Paul has been on a tireless mission to find the man whose life he's been living--and to discover who abandoned him, and why. This is the story of Paul's heart-wrenching and tortuous journey to solve both mysteries and finally learn the truth about his identity. The Foundling is a touching and inspiring story about a child lost and faith found, about the permanence of families and the bloodlines that define you, and about the emotional toll of both losing your identity and rediscovering who you truly are.
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Karkar
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Finished up this one for family book club this Sunday. It was Mom‘s choice. I am not quite sure how to rate it. It is between a pick and a so-so for me. I guess I will round up.

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BBowling
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A couple have their child stolen from them and then are convinced to accept as their own a two year old “foundling”. Advance decades this “foundling”, now a father himself, pursues DNA studies. He discovers his real family and their deep dysfunction. His opportunity of adoption saved him the dark fates if his surviving siblings. A gripping read.

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Wife
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This baby was kidnapped (the day after he was born) from his mother‘s arms by a woman impersonating a nurse. The author was abandoned as a toddler and presented to the parents of kidnapped baby by the FBI. They raised him as their own, but he always felt “alien”. What a mystery! DNA 🧬 to the rescue and Paul found some of his biological kin. And the mystery deepens...I had to google his blog to see if there have been more developments. 3/5🧬s

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rachaich
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Mehso-so

After hugely anticipating this book, sadly I couldn't gel with it.
I found it too removed from the actual emotions that it surely invoked.
However, truly fascinating account of his life.

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rachaich
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On a yoga retreat in Italy and taking advantage of an early wake up :)

Jinster I've only really heard of this in passing - worth picking up? 6y
rachaich @Jinster so far it's been interesting. I'd heard an interview with the author sone time ago which spurred me in to read it. 6y
Chelsea.Poole So jealous! 6y
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rachaich
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Wowzers! Icelandic tradition from a very dear friend.
Books and chocolate and vegan Bailey drink.

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Stephanie.Colson

Got this for $2 at an estate sale today...I'm excited to read it!

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JSW
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Read this in one sitting. Interesting and complex - the best parts were following the twisty genetic paths.

ValerieAndBooks Wow, these kind of stories fascinate me. In fact there was an article I read today that I'm still thinking about: She thought she was Irish — until a DNA test opened a 100-year-old mystery - The Washington Post
https://apple.news/Af-bNNsqJTwerzazTuSWzfA
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EvieBee My library just got a copy. Yay! I only stack books my library has so I don't go spend crazy online lol! 7y
JSW @EvieBee that's very smart and I wish I could do that... my library carries about half the books I want to read. 7y
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BookMusings
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Have you heard about this book?? OMG so fascinating! It's kind of a true crime memoir about a guy who learns that when he was a baby he was kidnapped, then two years later found abandoned and is reunited to his family.

bookishkai I've got it on my TBR. I read about it in a newsletter from my local indie. It looks great. 7y
Cinfhen Stacked! Thanks for sharing 7y
melbeautyandbooks Sounds interesting! Thanks! 7y
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The Foundling tells the incredible and inspiring true story of Paul Fronczak, a man who recently discovered via a DNA test that he was not who he thought he was—and set out to solve two fifty-year-old mysteries at once. Along the way he upturned the genealogy industry, unearthed his family‘s deepest secrets, and broke open the second longest cold-case in US history, all in a desperate bid to find out who he really is. #truecrime #missingperson