Donna Byington's Ancestry DNA story

Ok so I will start this story with some background on my momma! I have decided to write this because her story is amazing and I think we need it for posterity. She was born 5-28-50 in Pocatello Idaho. She was adopted by Marvin and Erma Herzinger. She was the only child they had. Donna grew up an only child and was the pride and joy of her Parents and grandparents. She had a very good life growing up in Pocatello. She started her working career as a teenager at A&W and why is that important you ask, well later on in the story it will become important. Her dad was not a Member of the LDS church and her mom was not active and their lifestyle was the party life. They liked to drink and have fun on the weekends with their friends so Donna spent a lot of time at her Grandma Eva's house during those time and Grandma made sure she got to church. She gained a testimony of the church and loved it dearly. She had a great life but always wanted siblings. She was lonely often and missed having siblings to play with. She meet and Married Gary Byington in 1968. They decided to start and family and Donna knew she didn't want just one kid because she didn't want her kid to be lonely and miss the sibling fun. So together the had 6 kids. Sadly one sweet boy Cord Aaron passed away from crib death as a very young baby! So Gary and Donna had three boys and then 2 girls. Donna always knew she was adopted. I asked her if there was ever a time when her parents sat her down and had a conversation about her being adopted. She said no she just always knew it wasn't like it was a big family secret or anything. She was a answer to prayers for them. Since she had such great parents and family she never felt the need to look for her biological family. She knew if someday they wanted to find her they would if not it was ok. She just always figured she was born to a teen mom who was sent way to have a baby like so many in that day and age. After her dad passed away from lung cancer, Donna and her mom decided to take her dad through the temple and be sealed together. At that time they had to go to the court house and have the adoption record open. Then she found out her biological mothers name and that she was an unwed mother. So that made Donna believe even more that her bio mom was a teen mom. Her Bio moms name was Dorothy Strom. Shortly after they went to the temple Donna's mom Erma passed away from brain cancer. Donna felt very alone for a while but my dad reminded her she was never alone because she had us kids and his very large family. So fast forward till 2017 and the time of lots of companies doing DNA tests to see where you are from. Mary, Donna's sister in law bought Donna a gift as a thank you and early Christmas present of an ancestry DNA kit. Mary felt like Donna should at least know her heritage and where her family came from. So in October 2017 Donna used the DNA kit and sent it off.................. little did she know that part of that service is they match you with people whose DNA most closely matches yours. So there is the background info on Donna. Come back for more to the story.