Throughout the Vietnam War, thousands of orphans were sent to Western nations for adoption and in April 1975, approximately 3,000 more Vietnamese orphans, mostly babies, were airlifted in a remarkable military and humanitarian effort known as Operation Babylift. Thirty-five years later, these adoptees are now in their prime and are actively seeking to reconnect with one another as part of Operation Reunite, a rapidly expanding organization providing support for the Vietnamese Adoptee Community. Operation DNA is the vision of reconnecting Vietnamese Adoptees with the past by using a DNA database that applies science to human interest. Many adoptees have been told once that he/she had biological siblings, but they have been unable to locate them through official (adoption agency and/or government records), or unofficial (social networking, etc) channels. Operation DNA’s goal is to create a DNA database of Vietnamese adoptees to aid in the search and potential discovery of sibling and other biological relationships amongst members of this community. Examples of answers that DNA testing may provide: ? Search for siblings and relatives ? Ethnicity confirmation ? Parental roots