BROOKLYN - MARCH 20: Sandra (L) and Balfour Francis (R) pose with a picture of Nickiesha in their Flatbush apartment on March 20, 2007 in Brooklyn. Immigration officials are asking new citizens, who are trying to bring relatives here from overseas, to take DNA tests to prove that they are related to those relatives. The test results are often stunning the petitioners. Mr. Francis found out that the young woman he had always believed was his daughter-- Nickiesha-- was not. (Photograph by...
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BROOKLYN - MARCH 20: Sandra (L) and Balfour Francis (R) pose with a picture of Nickiesha in their Flatbush apartment on March 20, 2007 in Brooklyn. Immigration officials are asking new citizens, who are trying to bring relatives here from overseas, to take DNA tests to prove that they are related to those relatives. The test results are often stunning the petitioners. Mr. Francis found out that the young woman he had always believed was his daughter-- Nickiesha-- was not. (Photograph by Michael Nagle)
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