IDAHO FALLS — McKenna Christensen could never have guessed what she would discover when she decided to finally start looking for her biological family.

In 1997, at a year-and-a-half old, Christensen was adopted from Moldova in eastern Europe by her parents, Melanie and Travis Ihler, and brought to Idaho Falls.

“(My parents) had a little boy who was about 2, but they really struggled to get pregnant,” Christensen says. “They put in for an adoption agency that was based out of Utah that did international adoption.”

Through the adoption agency, orphanages around the world would reach out and let them know if they had children who were available and eligible for adoption.

“(The adoption agency) sent them a picture of me and said, ‘She’s available for adoption. We think she’d be a great fit

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