14 episodes
The Secret In My DNA Michèle Primerano
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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Sharing the stories of people who have made an unexpected DNA discovery. Hosted by NPE Michèle Paré who took a DNA test in 2016 and learned the shocking truth about her real parentage. If you are an NPE, MPE, LDA or DC and would like to share your story, email TheSecretInMyDNA@gmail.com
(NPE: Not Parent Expected or Non-Paternal Event. MPE: Misattributed Parental Event. LDA: Late Discovery Adoptee. DC: Donor Conceived) Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesecretinmydna/support
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Episode 12: #MomLied - Debbie's Story
Debbie and her siblings were told as children that their birth father abandoned them. Eventually, when questions were raised, they were told their birth father had died. As an adult, in the hopes of finding relatives on her father's side, Debbie took an Ancestry DNA test and was contacted by an unknown half-sister who would also have some very shocking news.
Email: Debbie@theempowermentcoach.us
Instagram: @The_EmpowermentCoach
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Episode 11: A Sounding Board - Lily's Story
The lovely Lily Wood, podcast host of NPE Stories, talks about her DNA discovery and how her journey inspired her to become a sounding board for other NPE's and give them a platform to share their experience.
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Episode 10: Sworn To Secrecy - Crystal's Story
An NPE torn between keeping her mother's secret and living her truth. Throughout her journey, Crystal has a healthy outlook on life and wonderful advice for new NPE's.
She and her wife have started a podcast of their own called "Truth Camp." Instagram: Truth.Camp
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Episode 9: The Rebirthday - Cassandra's Story
In 2017, Cassandra is part of a research study through 23&Me for people with a family history of depression and bi-polar disorder. She subsequently receives a free DNA test kit and unwittingly discovers that she is donor-conceived. She is shocked to learn of a new ethnical identity and new siblings that she knew nothing about for 35 years.
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Episode 8: Are You Sitting Down? - Lynn's Story
A one-night wife-swap between friends in the 70's, results in a pregnancy, and the secret is kept for decades. This is a true story filled with happiness, sadness, anger, rejection, love and at the heart of it all, an extraordinary woman who is handling her journey with grace and compassion and is on her own amazing path of healing.
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Episode 7: Thirty-Three Months - Allison's Story
In 2018, Allison takes a direct-to-consumer DNA test for fun and unwittingly finds out that her mother has been untruthful about her parentage for over 50 years. Allison authentically shares her story in the hope that other victims of paternity fraud and emotional abuse will not feel alone on their journey.
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