Chapter 4 - THE DNA TESTThe court approved kinship testing through proper channels.
Elias waited.
He did not tell Mia:
You are definitely Amelia.
He said:
“There is a possibility our families are connected.”
Mia asked:
“Are you rich?”
Children notice things.
Elias smiled slightly.
“Yes.”
She frowned.
“Does that mean I have to live with you?”
“No.”
That surprised her.
“Why?”
“Because money doesn’t make decisions about people.”
Good answer.
The results came four days later.
Probability Elias was Mia’s biological maternal grandfather:
Greater than 99.99 percent.
He sat alone when he read it.
Then cried harder than he had in years.
Mia Carter was Amelia Whitmore.
His granddaughter.
Alive.
But the result did not erase the nine years she had lived as Mia.
That mattered.
When the caseworker explained the DNA result, Mia became quiet.
“So Mia isn’t my name?”
Elias immediately said:
“Mia is your name if you want it to be.”
“But Amelia?”
“It was the name your mother gave you.”
She thought.
“Can I have both?”
“Yes.”
May you like
So, for a long time, she became Mia Amelia Carter-Whitmore in conversation, before any legal changes were considered.
Her choice.
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