Dad and daughter meet for first time in 53 years through DNA testing just in time for Father’s Day – WGAL Lancaster

A father and daughter separated by 53 years and 2,000 miles recently met for the first time thanks to an unexpected DNA match.Deb Scales told KFSN-TV that she initially was interested in researching her nationality."I wanted to know was I mostly Irish or Scottish or English? Or whatnot. The man I thought was my father passed last year, and I was no longer able to give any information from him," Scales told the TV station. "So when I got the results, I reached out and found out that actually that wasn't my dad and Tim Herrick is."Scales initially had an Ancestry DNA match with Herrick's sister.Herrick, who is 78 years old, has been married for 51 years and has three children and a stepson, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.And now his family has grown even bigger.Watch the video above to learn more about this story.

A father and daughter separated by 53 years and 2,000 miles recently met for the first time thanks to an unexpected DNA match.

Deb Scales told KFSN-TV that she initially was interested in researching her nationality.

"I wanted to know was I mostly Irish or Scottish or English? Or whatnot. The man I thought was my father passed last year, and I was no longer able to give any information from him," Scales told the TV station. "So when I got the results, I reached out and found out that actually that wasn't my dad and Tim Herrick is."

Scales initially had an Ancestry DNA match with Herrick's sister.

Herrick, who is 78 years old, has been married for 51 years and has three children and a stepson, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

And now his family has grown even bigger.

Watch the video above to learn more about this story.

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Dad and daughter meet for first time in 53 years through DNA testing just in time for Father's Day - WGAL Lancaster