The DNA Speaks for Itself
With Dodds’ involvement, D’Anna was absolute, one hundred percent certain that Freda and Walter Roth were Elliot’s birth parents. How could he be so sure? D’Anna gave the answer himself: “The way we know this is because Freda and Walter were related to somebody who is not related to anybody else by blood,” he said.
“They were related by marriage; somebody in Walter and Freda’s family was only related to them by marriage and not to anybody else. And Emily has some of that DNA.” D’Anna was hesitant in revealing the identity of that relative, but it was enough to identify Elliot’s parentage. “We were one hundred percent certain, and that’s when we let Sharon know,” he recollected.