As the nation’s leading investigative genealogist, Pam Slaton specializes in reuniting adoptees with their birth parents. Family is Pam Slaton’s passion–whether it’s her own or someone else’s.

Reconnecting lost loved ones isn’t just work for Pam–it’s personal. She started her business after the search for her own birth mother ended badly. “I loved my family, [but] I think there’s a big misconception that people search because they’re lacking something,” she says. “I don’t understand why people don’t understand that basic need to know who gave you life.”

Pam has solved thousands of cases and continues to work everyday to reunite families. “It’s extremely rewarding to be able to make a phone call and tell someone that their search is over.”

In addition to her work as a licensed private investigator, Pam regularly shares compelling stories of searching and reunions in the media. Pam’s television career began when she famously helped RunDMC’s Darryl McDaniels find his birth mother as part of a documentary for VH1. This led to a successful association with Oprah Winfrey and Pam’s series Searching For on the OWN Network.

Pam has been a regular on-camera personality and story contributor for ABC’s 20/20 and Nightline. She is also the author of Reunited for St. Martin Press.

Pam’s work has been featured by a variety of media outlets including the New York Times, New York Post, Boston Globe, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Rachael Ray Show, The Real and 60 Minutes.

In Pamela’s own words:

“My own personal adoption journey has taken me to places I never imagined.  

From my very first media appearance on VH1 and meeting Darryl McDaniels, famed Rapper of Run DMC, to sharing the stage with Oprah Winfrey, and most recently assisting world renowned psychic medium Tyler Henry during his Netflix series to help unravel his family mystery.”