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Family Twist shares real-life stories of DNA surprises, adoption, donor conception, NPE discoveries, and the secrets that reshape families.
Hosted by Corey and Kendall Stulce, each episode explores what happens when the truth about identity, parentage, or family history comes to light. These revelations sometimes happen by choice, often by accident, and always with life-changing impact.
Through candid conversations with adoptees, donor-conceived people, late-discovery NPEs, birth parents, and family members who are navigating unexpected truths, Family Twist looks beyond the initial shock. We explore what comes next. We talk about the relationships that grow or break, the boundaries that help or hurt, the grief that surfaces, and the unexpected connections that can heal.
Kendall's personal journey plays an important role in the heart of the show. He was adopted at birth, searched for decades, and eventually discovered his biological family through a DNA test. His experience brings empathy, humor, and honesty to every conversation. Corey brings warmth and insight as the couple creates space for guests to share the real, complicated, hopeful, and often surprising moments behind their family twists.
If you are searching for your people, untangling a difficult discovery, or simply fascinated by the truth behind modern families, this podcast will remind you that you are not alone and that your story matters.
New episodes arrive every week, including in-depth interviews and shorter Story Snapshots that highlight powerful moments from our guests.
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Finding My Birth Mother, Then Finding a Full Sibling for My Kids
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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I Was Told My Birth Parents Died. That Wasn’t True.
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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DNA Surprise Story: Discovering Jewish Ancestry and Surviving the Iran Missile Attacks in Israel
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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How a Nurse Practitioner Survived a Second DNA Discovery
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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How a Nurse Practitioner Discovered Her Real Roots
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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What If the Donor’s Kids Have No Idea You Exist
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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One Test. Two Brothers. Two Different Truths.
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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The Not-So Only Child
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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I Found My Father’s Name in My Mother’s Secrets
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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When Kendall’s Story Became Her Mirror
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Right to Know: Healing in Real Time
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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The Fertility Industry’s Dark Secret, Told by Two of Its Kids
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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My Birth Father Is Either One of Two Twins… or Their Dad
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Why This Episode Left Us in Tears (and Hope)
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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When Your DNA Test Turns Into a Movie Script
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Switched at birth and silenced for decades
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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An Adoptive Parent’s Perspective on Open Adoption
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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When “Donor Conceived” Becomes Your Life’s Plot Twist
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Things Adoptees Hear That Make Us Want to Scream
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Ghosting the Ghost Parent
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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The Return to Man Weekend: Family, Fire Pits, and Full-Circle Moments
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Love Beyond DNA: The Man Who Raised Me
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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A DNA Discovery on the Tarmac
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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The Adoption Paradox
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Addiction, Absence, and the Road Back to My Birth Father
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Two Families, One Primal Wound
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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What Happens When a Transracial Adoptee Tells the Whole Truth?
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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DNA Doesn’t Lie, But Families Do
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Team Red and the Ultimate Family Plot Twist
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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They Erased His Father. He Wrote Him Back In.
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Australia’s Adoption Scandal Hits Home and Hard
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May 27, 2025 |
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Family Is Complicated, And We’re Not Done Talking About It
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May 20, 2025 |
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The Birth of the Donor Sibling Registry
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May 13, 2025 |
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The Pain We Carry, the Monsters We Love
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May 13, 2025 |
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Why I’m Not Angry They Didn’t Tell Me She Was Dying
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May 06, 2025 |
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Embracing the Beautiful Mess of Surprise Family
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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The Full Story You Haven’t Heard (Until Now)
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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The Day I Was No Longer a Ghost
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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"Brace for Impact": Surviving Trauma and Searching for Identity
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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DNA Surprises in a Time of Erasure
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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My Family Was Right Next Door
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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The Long Road Home to Irish Citizenship
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Uncovering My Secret Irish Heritage Through DNA
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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When Open Adoption Isn’t So Open
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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What Happens When Your “Aunt” Is Actually Your Mother?
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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From DNA Surprise to Maximum Security
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Shocking Family Secrets Keep Unraveling
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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From Horror Fan to Horror Story
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Stream NPE Documentary for Free
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Lost and Found: The Adoption Story Behind Family Twist
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Why Saying No to Family Can Be the Healthiest Choice
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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A Half-Sister's Passing and an Adoptee's Awakening
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Twisting Out of 2024 and Into 2025
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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Breaking the Stigma as the Child of an Affair
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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The Lost Episode of Family Twist
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Unearthing Grit, Family Secrets and Finding Strength
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Turning Thanksgiving Memories into Traditions
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Switched at Birth, Saved by Love
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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This Episode Will Change How You See Adoption
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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The Musical Exposing Adoption’s Darkest Secrets
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Tricks, Treats, and Trauma Healing: A Halloween Crossover Special
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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What Your Therapist Isn’t Telling You
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Discovering Roots in Sicily and Indigenous Heritage
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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The Primal Wound: Adoption’s Hidden Trauma
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Spooky Season with Kendall and Corey
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Relinquishment, Addiction, and the Healing Power of Water Part 2
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Relinquishment, Addiction, and the Healing Power of Water Part 1
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Bonus: Monstrous Childhood to Healing Monster
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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If You Only Knew: Navigating DNA Surprises and the NPE World Part 2
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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If You Only Knew: Navigating DNA Surprises and the NPE World Part 1
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Challenging the Concept of Anonymity in Adoption
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Adoption Songs Part Two
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Adoption Songs Part 1
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Black Market Babies and Astonishing Family Secrets Part 2
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Black Market Babies and Astonishing Family Secrets Part 1
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Adoption and Identity: A Path from Self-Harm to Self-Healing
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Positive Reunions and Painful Rejections
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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A Journey of Self-Discovery and Transition
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Pod Swap with Forty Drinks
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Horror Heals!
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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The Psychological Effects of Parental Lies
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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The Need for Policy Changes in Adoption with Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Indigenous Bombshell and Embracing a Two-Spirit Life
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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I Knocked On My Birth Mother's Door
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May 28, 2024 |
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Adoptive Mom Builds Relationships with Birth Families
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May 21, 2024 |
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High Vibrations with the Adoptee Author of Practically Still a Virgin
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May 14, 2024 |
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Family Shadows and the Children of Affairs
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May 07, 2024 |
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How to Redirect Thoughts to Manifest the Life You Desire
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Untangling Our Roots: The Power and Pitfalls of Genetic Discoveries
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Unregulated Donation with Spermworld Documentary Director
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Opening Up About Being the Child Result of an Affair
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Adoptee Writes His Own Script Part One
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Adoptee Writes His Own Script Part Two
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Discovering I'm 'A Stranger in My Family'
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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DNA Surprise Transforms Strangers Into Sisters
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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The Comedy of Discovering I'm Not Who I Thought
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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DNAngels: Guardians of the DNA Galaxy
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Farewell to King Richard
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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From DNA Trauma to DNAngel Part One
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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From DNA Trauma to DNAngel Part Two
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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A Deep Dive into Donor Conception and Connection
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Navigating Multiracial Identity and Family Dynamics in Adoption
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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College Student Reveals I Have 75 Brothers and Sisters
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Going Down the Rabbit Hole with DNA Surprises
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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An Uncle's Promise
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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DNA Surprises: An Instant Big Fat Greek Family
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Donor-Conceived, Genderqueer Artist Advocates for Change
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Wendy Kramer and the Donor Sibling Registry Part 1
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Wendy Kramer and the Donor Sibling Registry Part 2
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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A Twist-Filled Tale of Finding My Brothers
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Meeting the Funcles
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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A Found Family Christmas Vacation
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Bonus: NYC Babes Found Family Vaca Recap
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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NPE Held Prisoner by Parental Secrets
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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MPEs: You Have a Right to Know Who You Are
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Laugh Lines and DNA Ties: Laura High's Donor-Conceived Story Part 1
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Laugh Lines and DNA Ties: Laura High's Donor-Conceived Story Part 2
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Thanksgiving and Spinal Meningitis
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Deep Dive into Sperm Donation Ethics and Emotions Part 1
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Deep Dive into Sperm Donation Ethics and Emotions Part 2
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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We are Not Responsible for Our Birth Parents' Unavailability Part 2
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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We are Not Responsible for Our Birth Parents' Unavailability Part 1
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Season of Family Secrets Wrap-up
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Happy Halloween with a Legendary Scream Queen
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Healing Adoption Trauma with Secret History
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Multiple Adoptions and THEN the Big Twist
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Family Secrets Exposed and Finding Belonging
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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A Heartfelt Journey into Kendall's Past
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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The Heart of Fostering Children: 80 Lives Transformed
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Meeting Dozens of My Donor-Conceived Siblings
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Discovering Family and Spreading Peace through Jazz
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Triplets Separated at Birth: The Prequel!
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Bonus: Corey Interviewed on SiriusXM
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Sep 16, 2023 |
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Bonus: NPE's Shocking Discovery
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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The Fight for Donor-Conceived Rights Part 2
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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The Fight for Donor-Conceived Rights Part 1
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Donor Conceived Sisters Reunite as Triplets
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Bonus: Kendall Remembers Magical Calendar Dates
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Bonus: Talking Sordid Lives with the Late, Great and Golden Rue McClanahan
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Sordid Stories with Del Shores
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Better Late Than Never; Finding Family in Italy
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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NPE: Jon Baime's Documentary is Filling in the Blanks
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Discovering the Miracle of Family in the Garbage
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Cancer Survivor's Dream Come True: I'm a Mom!
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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NPE: From Family Trauma to Michelle Obama
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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NPE Surprise, My Birth Mother was Famous
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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DNA Surprises: Establishing Relationships with Half-Siblings
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Reuniting Sisters and Healing Through Writing
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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NPE Discovering the True Meaning of Nature vs. Nurture
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Balancing Drag Queen Stardom and Adoptive Fatherhood
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Father's Day with Kendall and Corey
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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NPE Embracing Family Secrets and New Beginnings
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Family Nuggets with the Late, Great Leslie Jordan
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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NPE Cory Goodrich Uncovers Family Secrets and Artistic Passion
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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NPE: Meet Me and My 71 Siblings
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May 30, 2023 |
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Adoptee is Still a Dirty Little Secret
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May 23, 2023 |
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Dame Edna and Corey
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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Dad Was a Rascal - Surprise, You Have an Older Sister!
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Facing Rejection: The Emotional Toll of Discovering Biological Relatives
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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The Family Secret That Changed My Life
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Taking Care of Other People's Children
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Unlocking Family Secrets: A DNA Journey to Africa
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Hiraeth Hope & Healing Part Two
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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How Community and Retreats Transform Adoptee and NPE Journeys
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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DNA Investigator with a 100 Percent Success Rate
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Finding an Enormous Family Across the Globe
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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From Seoul to Seattle: An Adoptee’s Search for Her True Identity
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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A Family Twist Holiday
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Exploring the Impact of Foster Care
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Reunited After 40 Years: Siblings Discover Each Other Just Miles Apart
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Celebrating National Adoption Month
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Unraveling the Strands of a Hidden Past
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Unveiling the Secrets of Assisted Reproductive Technology
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Exploring Two-Spirit Identity and Adoption Part Two
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Exploring Two-Spirit Identity and Adoption Part One
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Unraveling Family Mysteries with Carlyn Montes De Oca
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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A Tale of Adoption and DNA Magic on Family Twist
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Found Family Stories in Family Twist
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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My Dad is the Zodiac Killer
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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How DNA Technology Unveils Family Secrets and Solves Cold Cases
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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How DNA Testing Reunites Long-Lost Siblings
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Discovering and Connecting with Long-Lost Siblings
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Overcoming Adversity and Reuniting with Lost Family
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Answering Burning Questions About Adoption and Finding Birth Family
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Bonus Episode: Carol Channing and Corey
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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NPEs: Sisters Selling Vegas
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Adoptive Father and Birth Father: Nature Vs Nurture
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Forced to Give Up Baby for Adoption
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Finding Your Roots with Nick Sheedy
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Narcissism, Racism ... and a Cult Part 2
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Narcissism, Racism ... and a Cult, Part 1
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Found My Sister from a DNA Test
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May 31, 2022 |
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NPE Discovery From Surprising DNA Test Results
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May 24, 2022 |
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Adoption Horror Stories
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May 17, 2022 |
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My Adoptive Mother, Stepmother and Birth Mother
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May 10, 2022 |
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Bonus episode: The Man Weekend
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May 04, 2022 |
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The Impact of Finding Long-Lost Siblings Through DNA
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May 03, 2022 |
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I've Been Looking for You Since 1988: DNA Discovery
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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What is the Family Twist Podcast?
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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What's this all about?
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Apr 05, 2022 |