How sad that no one can comment on the beautiful LGBT Inupiat woman's journey of self discovery due to hate and unsolicited proselytization from our many bigoted ADN commenters, but our religious commenters can then push their religion on a young man who simply needs genetic samples and recognition  of his face to find out who he is, not proselytizing and empty platitudes from strangers gawking at his pain.  

I don't think any of us have the right to tell Ben how he should feel about his adoptive or his biological parents.  We don't know him, and most of us never will know him..   He already said that he didn't like that his parents made him feel shame for being abandoned while growing up.  Why should he be ashamed? The only "bad" thing he did was be born! A sin we are all guilty of.   He was a restless kid for his own reasons, and has been taking care of himself since 10th grade.  He is a man now, and he wants to show the girl who abandoned him that he turned out okay after all!