Father And Daughter Connect For First Time After Finding Each Other Through DNA Test
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A father and daughter finally connected after finding out they are related through a DNA test.
Diane Stainer, 54, and Ken Warren, 81, are daughter and father. CBS13 was with them as they met face-to-face at the Sacramento International Airport.
Stainer lives in Jackson, and took a DNA test that led to her locating Warren in Canada.
SWIPE THROUGH PHOTOS OF DIANE AND KEN'S MEETING
"I cannot even begin to explain to people what this process was like and how accepting and how much love I feel," Stainer said.
Warren described the first phone call.
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"What I actually said was, 'What was your mother's name?' and she told me her mother's name, and then I said, 'I know who your dad is — it's me," Warren said.
Old photos show Stainer as a child with her mother. When Stainer was 12, her mother died in a plane crash, never revealing whether she knew her true father.
Now, sharing the family history in a giant scrapbook, this father and daughter are together at last.
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"I've always wondered what it would be like to have a daughter, and unfortunately I missed the first 53 years of her life," Warren said.
It is not too late.
"It's cool, it's like a beautiful new beginning, you know?" Stainer said.
Not surprisingly, father and daughter have already noticed some similarities. They are both left-handed, they both love to write, and they are both big talkers.
Diane has a big week planned for her dad. Starting Thursday, she's taking him to yoga.