Extreme Family Finding™ Success Story

Ten-year-old Demaje had been in foster care for three years after his mother abandoned him at an area residential facility. His tantrums and physical aggression were such that he had only spent one week in a regular foster home before returning to residential care. The whereabouts of his mother were unknown and there was little documentation about additional family members.

Through intensive case file review and investigative efforts, Demaje's family tree was expanded to include twelve known relatives. Extreme Family Finding™ found and made contact with an uncle, who resides in California. Demaje's uncle shared that he had been actively involved in his nephew’s life until Demaje's mother moved out-of-state when he was five years old. The uncle shared through tears that he had been searching for Demaje for years and believed he would never see him again. Thanks to the connection made with his caring uncle, Demaje was adopted and now has a chance at success instead of a future of aging out of the system without a family connection.