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A DNA test connected a Utah teenager to her mother—and to a story that was almost too tragic to bear.
By Savannah Pace and Naomi Ward
Maeson Dewey was talking with a group of friends in her crowded high school cafeteria when a message popped onto her phone that would change her world.