A Florida man, who was found 11 years ago with no memory of
his past, said he has finally found his family after years of searching.
Benjaman Kyle, of Jacksonville, Florida, was found naked, covered in fire ants
and unresponsive in 2004 at a Burger King in Georgia with no memory of his
family or his identity. Kyle took on his current name as he searched for
a link to his past.
"I had no idea who I was. I couldn't remember,"
Kyle told ABC News in 2012. "I had no idea how I got there."
Diagnosed with amnesia, Kyle spent years searching for his
family. The search paid off when he announced this month he had finally found
biological family members.
A team of people helped sequence Kyle's DNA over the years
and then look for potential matches.
“Many people had shared their DNA profiles so that they
could be compared with mine,” Kyle wrote on his Facebook page.
“Through a process of elimination they determined my
ancestral bloodline and who my relatives were. A DNA test taken by a close
relative has confirmed that we are related.”
Kyle said he plans on visiting his family next week and is
applying to get official identification cards with his actual name on them.
“I wish to thank all of my friends who have supported me
over the years with a big thank you to the people who have helped me with this
mess,” he said on Facebook.
Joshua Schrutt, a restaurant owner in Jacksonville who hired
Kyle after hearing his story on the news, confirmed to ABC News that Kyle had
found his family.
In his announcement that he found his family, Kyle did not
confirm if any of his earlier memories of him being a craftsman and his name
being Benjamin were correct.
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