Man adopted 60 years ago learns Grammy winner Michael McDonald is his father

A St. Louis man who was adopted as a baby nearly 60 years ago has discovered that five-time Grammy Award winner Michael McDonald is his biological father. Michael Goessling always knew he had been adopted and said he had a “wonderful childhood” with the couple who raised him. But he continued to wonder about his biological parents and where they were.The mystery began to unravel decades later after a half-brother Goessling did not know existed took a 23andMe DNA test. The test connected the two men and led to a message that changed Goessling’s understanding of his family. “Within 36 hours, he got an email notifying him, ‘Michael Gossling, half brother, St. Louis,’” Goessling said. “And that’s how this all began,” he told WSAW.The discovery eventually led Goessling to his birth mother. On his 58th birthday, he met her in person for the first time.