When Boynton Beach Police Office Eric Reynolds received an email in June, he had no idea it would change his life.
Reynolds completed a 23andMe test three years ago, in the hopes of learning more about his family's ancestry and heath. 23andMe specializes in at-hone genetics testing and analysis.
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Then last month he got an email that began like this.
“Good morning, my name is David Stull. According to 23andMe, we are half-brothers. I was adopted as an infant and have very little knowledge of my family history, so I have no way of knowing the validity of this.”
Reynolds says he was curious about the possibility of unknown relatives when he did the test, but he never imagined this.
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Stull is Reynolds' half-brother and, as fate would have it, he's also a law enforcement officer.
“It was overwhelming and exciting and bit of sadness at the same time," Reynolds said.
Stull is a sergeant at the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
"I have someone I can talk to, trust as brothers and cops. It feels great.”
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“It was like meeting a clone of me,” Reynolds said. "We’ve been texting all the time. We’re alike in so many ways."
