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Kris took a DNA test along with many of her family members and saw that she did not have DNA in common with her birth certificate father. She hid her profile online and has chosen, at this point, not to discuss this with her dad.
Kris can be reached via email [email protected]
Resources Mentioned:
Untangling Our Roots Summit
High Conflict Institute
Hiraeth Hope & Healing
Eve SturgesNPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
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This was a very long emotional episode that has been divided into 2 parts. This is part 2.
Lora AlegriaPam CollinsAlicia WilliamsKellyJustinRichard WenzelDianaDeniseUnknown (Take us back to yesterday -poem)Gigi
This was part of a panel held at the Untangling Our Roots Summit 2024 in Denver, CO. The panel was moderated by Don Anderson of Missing Pieces - NPE Life and featured Eve Sturges of Everything's Relative and Lily Wood of NPE Stories. Eve shared for 10 minutes on changing family narratives followed by others in the audience. Then Lily shared for 10 minutes on Estrangement and Rejection followed by others in the audience.
Audience members who shared in Part 2:
Untangling our Roots SummitNPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
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This was a very long emotional episode that has been divided into 2 parts. This is part 1.
Leif WhalenAlicia WilliamsJennyAmyTerry ChampionDon AndersonDave TreadwayAmy
This was part of a panel held at the Untangling Our Roots Summit 2024 in Denver, CO. The panel was moderated by Don Anderson of Missing Pieces - NPE Life and featured Eve Sturges of Everything's Relative and Lily Wood of NPE Stories. Eve shared for 10 minutes on changing family narratives followed by others in the audience. Then Lily shared for 10 minutes on Estrangement and Rejection followed by others in the audience.
Audience members who shared in Part 1:
Untangling our Roots SummitNPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
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Margo discovered her NPE status when she purchased an Ancestry kit to kill a lifelong curiosity. She learned her younger brother was not the only NPE in the family and suddenly her chaotic childhood began to make sense.
Resources Mentioned:
When the Apple Falls Far from the Tree: Discovering the Gifts within the Chaos
by Margo Reilly
Upcoming Memoir due out summer 2024: When you Shake the Family Tree by Margo Reilly
Who Even Am I Anymore: A Process Journal by Eve Sturges
Jill Krzyzanowicz's website
justbeingjill.com
IG Handle @justbeingjill
Margo Reilly's Facebook pageNPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
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Terra was raised in Texas by her single father and asked for a 23andMe for Christmas to see how much Native American she had on her maternal side. Terra ended up having quite an ethnicity shift after her NPE.
NPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
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Dorene’s NPE discovery in 2022 at the age of 60 inspired her to become a trauma recovery coach, specializing in helping NPEs. As she began to study intergenerational trauma and apply what she learned to her experience, the events of Dorene's life finally began to make sense.
Dorene can be reached via email at [email protected]
Resources Mentioned:
Tickets available for the Untangling our Roots Summit Apr 25-28, 2024 in Denver, CONPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
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Laura found out her half-siblings are her full siblings, and since finding out she was an NPE her family members have become distant.
Resources Mentioned:
Tickets still available for the Untangling our Roots Summit Apr 25-28, 2024 in Denver, CONPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
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KaSheena took a DNA test to see what part of Africa her ancestors came from, but ended up finding a bunch of strangers show up in her DNA matches.
KaSheena can be reached via email [email protected]
Resources Mentioned:
Tickets still available for the Untangling our Roots Summit Apr 25-28, 2024 in Denver, CONPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
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Sue is an NPE that has a full sibling from her mother's affair with her birth father. Her research has uncovered other NPEs from her family as well, including her own mother.
Resources Mentioned:
Join us at the Untangling our Roots Summit Apr 25-28, 2024 in Denver, CO
NPE Stories now has a new $3 donation tier on Patreon
Sue can be reached via email [email protected]NPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
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Devin shares his NPE story of finding out he is the youngest of 23 children spanned over many decades. He believes he may still have siblings out there he has yet to meet.
Devin can be reached via email [email protected]
or via instagram @dd_227
Resources Mentioned:
Devin has shared his story previously on DNA SurprisesNPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
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After being abandoned by his mother at 6 months old, AJ moved to a rural area with the man everyone thought was his father. His whole life, he never knew that the missing pieces he felt were not just because of his mother's absence. Through death, loss and shock AJ has navigated his life purposefully and arrived at a place that he is very grateful for.
AJ can be reached via email [email protected]
Resources Mentioned:
Missing Pieces - NPE Life host Don Anderson Episode S2 E12 Bro-mance
Norwood Free Methodist Church
https://www.facebook.com/norwoodfmc
https://www.youtube.com/@norwoodfreemethodistchurch9828NPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
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Raised just outside of Detroit, Bob had a vastly different upbringing than his biological father's children. Bob has found out, after taking a DNA test, that he is half Ashkenazi Jewish.
Bob can be reached via email [email protected]
Resources Mentioned:
Untangling Our Roots Summit in April 25-28, 2024 in Denver, CONPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
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After a traumatic childhood and being raised primarily by an abusive grandmother, Shantel discovered her NPE status at age 23. The discovery came with a change in her racial identity but it wasn’t until almost 15 years later that Shantel discovered who her biological father was.
Messages to Shantel can be sent to [email protected] referencing Shantel Episode 185
Resources Mentioned:
Shantel found the Family Tree DNA/Genealogy groups she joined very helpful in her search for her biological paternal family.NPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
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Sharilyn figured out she was an NPE when she found her birth certificate. She met her birth father before his passing but needed time to process meeting her new biological family members. Like so many NPEs she would really like a sincere apology.
Sharilyn can be reached via email [email protected]
Resources Mentioned:
Severange Magazine
Missing Pieces - NPE Life hosted by Don AndersonNPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
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Jess is taller than her brothers and never had a relationship with her BCF after he was sent to prison when she was a child. She found out she was an NPE and her BF's family has been a new joy in Jess's life.
Jess can be reached via email [email protected]
Resources:
Grief Class and the 5 stages of griefNPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
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My fellow millenial NPE shares her story. She was the product of a work affair between her mom and birth father. She had a shocking parent-child match on her DNA results after taking a DNA test for fun.
Aly can be reached:
on Facebook at Aly Copeland
on Instagram @Alytowel
email [email protected]
Resources Mentioned:
Aly discusses an NPE millenial subgroup which can be reached after joining the private DNA NPE Friends group on facebook.NPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
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Jacoba Ballard from Netflix’s Our Father comes on to share her full NPE/DCP story, including details that were not put into her documentary. She is 1 of nearly 100 siblings whose mothers were violated by Dr. Donald Cline when they were unknowingly artificially inseminated with their fertility doctor’s sperm. Jacoba suffers serious medical conditions, along with many of her siblings, which were likely inherited from her biological father.
Jacoba can be reached via email at [email protected]
IG @jacobajballard
Facebook: Jacoba Ballard
Resources Mentioned:
Our Father available on NetflixNPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
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Reggie (NPE) grew up one of five children on public assistance by a loving single mother. He is now a lawyer and civil rights activist, just like his biological father.
Reggie can be reached via email [email protected]
Resources Mentioned:
Wilmington's Lie, by David Zucchino: https://groveatlantic.com/book/wilmingtons-lie/
Reggie's blog: https://reggieshuford.medium.comReggie's blog about his ancestry discovery: https://reggieshuford.medium.com/father-figure-my-journey-to-find-my-biological-father-ad7846809d9b
The story about Reggie's friend Sam: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/09/us/politics/son-finds-father-sam-anthony.html
The 1619 Project, by Nikole Hannah-Jones: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/658295/the-1619-project-by-created-by-nikole-hannah-jones-and-the-new-york-times-magazine/9780593230572
NPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
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Content Warning: This episode contains accounts of child sexual abuse and violence.
Caroline has a very important message regarding accurate her medical history for all NPEs. She is undergoing treatment for breast cancer that may have been avoided had she known her true family medical history and had the proper genetic testing done long ago.
Caroline can be reached on IG @carolinemoranearl
Resources Mentioned:
DNA Surprises Caroline's Episode
Everything's Relative with Eve Sturges Caroline's Story
DNA Angels
newspapers.com
Archives of University Nevada Las Vegas
Death Certificates
Find A Grave
ObituariesNPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
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Kim was a daddy's girl and raised as an only child until she found out she was an NPE. Turns out her DNA test shows she has a significant amount of Cuban ancestry, which came as a total surprise to Kim.
Kim can be reached via email at [email protected]
FB or IG @kimberlygravesmatthes
Resources Mentioned:
newspapers.com
DNA Centimorgan ChartNPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/NPEstories - Visa fler