Lori Orton just wanted to figure out her family’s medical history. According to the Washington Post, Orton, of Pekin, Ill., was adopted. And so years ago, she started poking online for clues and sending messages on social media. All her sleuthing led to her biological family. It also allowed her to save the life of her biological cousin, Joe Russelburg. A little over a year ago, Russelburg found out that he was experiencing renal failure. When it turned out Russelburg might need a kidney transplant Orton offered to be tested to see if she could donate. Everything came back positive and, earlier this year, she and Russelburg went under the knife.

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