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DNA & Search Resources

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DNA & Search Resources

Contact/Podcasts

DNA & Search Resources

Contact/Podcasts

AL ISAACS — AUTHOR • SPEAKER • STORYTELLER

A FAMILY SECRET. A DNA MYSTERY.

A STORY 56 YEARS IN THE MAKING.

At 52, Al Isaacs accidentally discovered that he had been adopted—and that nearly everyone in his family had known except him.

What followed was an extraordinary search through DNA, genealogy, false adoption records and forgotten music history that ultimately led him across the Atlantic to the mother he never knew.

Now the award-winning author of Finding Mary Smith brings that remarkable story to audiences with humor, honesty, archival images, video and the perspective of a professional storyteller.

2026 GLOBAL BOOK AWARDS — GOLD | WIMBORNE LITERARY FESTIVAL | LIBRARIES • FESTIVALS • GENEALOGY & ADOPTION GROUPS

Invite Al to Speak

A Story Told Live

For more than 25 years, Al Isaacs entertained audiences as a comedian, improviser and teacher. Now he brings those storytelling skills to the extraordinary true story behind Finding Mary Smith.

Al's presentations combine storytelling, humor, photographs, archival material, DNA discoveries and multimedia to take audiences from the moment he learned the truth about his birth through the search that eventually brought him face-to-face with his biological mother more than five decades later.

Programs can include presentation, audience Q&A and book signing and can be tailored to the interests of each organization.

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