Dorsey was almost 9 years old when her mother told her that her father was someone who lived in the neighborhood. The test revealed that the man she believed was her father was not her biological parent. The AncestryDNA test revealed that her biological father was a man in Virginia. “Sometimes the secret meant to break you becomes the very thing that sets you free,” Dorsey writes in the memoir. One national survey found that 27 percent discovered previously unknown close relatives, while a large study found that 3 percent learned someone they believed was a biological parent was not.