DNA test connects woman to long-lost Day County family

  • When Stephanie Teresa, right, met her father Allan Block, center, for the first time July 13, 2025 at Block’s home near Rush Lake, the two spent hours getting to know one another. “I saw this other part of me in him,” said Teresa about the reunion. Curtis Block, left, also Allan Block’s son, is Teresa’s half brother and was the first Block family member to meet Teresa in person. Reporter & Farmer | ss
    When Stephanie Teresa, right, met her father Allan Block, center, for the first time July 13, 2025 at Block’s home near Rush Lake, the two spent hours getting to know one another. “I saw this other part of me in him,” said Teresa about the reunion. Curtis Block, left, also Allan Block’s son, is Teresa’s half brother and was the first Block family member to meet Teresa in person. Reporter & Farmer | ss
  • Stephanie Teresa, left, and Amaris Bohme, right, celebrate one of their birthdays together as children and later, as adults. The pair grew up believing they were cousins until Teresa was 19 years old, when they discovered they were actually half sisters. Reporter & Farmer | Subscriber snapshot
    Stephanie Teresa, left, and Amaris Bohme, right, celebrate one of their birthdays together as children and later, as adults. The pair grew up believing they were cousins until Teresa was 19 years old, when they discovered they were actually half sisters. Reporter & Farmer | Subscriber snapshot

    Stephanie Teresa was born in 1991 and grew up an only child on a five acre hobby farm in Prescott, WI. Her father worked at a large oil company in St. Paul Park, MN and provided an excellent life for his wife and daughter. Teresa cared for cats, dogs, ferrets and birds. Like many children of the upper midwest, she rode horses, camped, competed in 4-H and won awards for her animals and artwork at t…