title: A Family Apart  Sleuthing the Mysteries of Abandonment, Adoption and DNA  A Memoir
author:  Craig A. Steffen 
description: A Family Apart  Sleuthing the Mysteries of Abandonment, Adoption and DNA  A Memoir, is the authors story from childhood abandonment, through the challenges of an orphanage and adoption, to the transcendence of adult successes and, finally, the quest to discover the mysteries of family origin in a world of sealed adoptions. Along the way, the author uncovers details of abuse, murder, injustice and a host of tragedy with a thread of redemption running throughout.
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  © 2020 Randy Lindsay
  
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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  
  Names: Lindsay, Randy, 1959– author.
  
  Title: The milkman’s son : a memoir of family history, a DNA mystery, and
  paternal love / Randy Lindsay.
  
  Description: Salt Lake City : Shadow Mountain, [2020] | Summary: “This memoir
  traces one man’s journey through his family history when a DNA test reveals
  that his dad was not his biological father”— Provided by publisher.
  
  Identifiers: LCCN 2019044950 | ISBN 9781629727387 (hardback) eISBN
  978-1-62973-924-