Veronica From The Other Side

In this episode of Missing Pieces — NPE Life, Don talks with Veronica, who discovered in middle age that her father had two children outside of his marriage.

For NPEs — Not Parent Expected — adoptees, donor-conceived people, and others who uncover family secrets through DNA, the focus is often on the person making the discovery. But what about the family on the other side? What is it like to get the call that a stranger shares your father’s DNA? What happens when a secret you never asked to keep suddenly lands in your lap?

Veronica shares what it was like to learn that she had siblings she never knew existed, and how her family had to make room for a truth that changed the story they thought they knew.

🧩 Missing Pieces — NPE Life
Stories of DNA surprises, family secrets, and the search for identity.

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🧩 Christina’s Truth - LIVE 🎙️

On today’s episode of Missing Pieces, we hear Christina’s incredible story — the questions, the search, the emotions, and the years spent trying to understand where she came from.

But this episode takes a turn neither of us will ever forget…

Because during the recording itself…
I tell Christina who her biological father is. LIVE.

No script.
No warning.
Just one of the most real and emotional moments we’ve ever captured on this podcast.

🎧 Listen now.

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🧩 Jamilia - Out of Anonymity 

Years ago, I did an episode called The Moment of Truth —
a collection of stories about that exact instant when denial disappears… and the truth hits.

Who you are.
Who your parents are.
No more guessing. No more stories. Just truth.

Jamilia was one of those voices.
And she didn’t just describe that moment — she nailed it.

But that moment?
That’s not the end of the story.

It’s the beginning.

🎧 Today, we hear what came after.

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🧩 3 Sisters United

On today’s episode of Missing Pieces, we tell the story of June — raised in Canada by her grandparents, growing up with questions instead of answers.

As a teenager, she learns who her father is…
—or so she thinks.

What unfolds next connects three sisters, decades of silence, and the kind of truth that changes everything. This is one of those episodes that reminds you why this show exists.

🎧 Buckle up.

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Thanks for listening.
Really. It matters.

🎙️ Tonia – Dirty John’s First Wife

Today on Missing Pieces, I’m joined by Tonia Bales, the first wife of John Meehan, also known as Dirty John. 🧬 At one point in the episode, an unknown sibling comes into the story. 

Tonia has a new book out today — January 13, 2026:

📘 When You See It: How I Outsmarted & Outlasted Dirty John
🛒 Available wherever books are sold
👉 Amazon: https://a.co/d/2v1sdNR

🎧 Listen to Tonia’s podcast
The First Wife: John Meehan’s Reign of Terror
👉 https://www.audible.com/podcast/The-First-Wife-John-Meehans-Reign-of-Terror/B099BYMH4G?srsltid=AfmBOopq4Yu6okol_zuGIMPAG8mqVw3atXfQCK-1i61juepfZS0mJv6I

🧬 Untangling Our Roots
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🎙️ Missing Pieces explores the stories of people who’ve discovered—or are still searching for—their "missing pieces".

In this episode, Don talks with Amanda, who grew up in South Texas always wondering why she didn’t look like her other siblings. Years later, DNA gave her the answer—and with it, she found her missing pieces.

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🎄✨ Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays, everyone! ✨🎄

This is a very special episode. I take a moment to share a few things happening in my own life—and one hugecoincidence that stopped me cold. 🧩😳

It was one of those moments that feels too big to be random… the kind that makes you pause and think, “Okay, what is actually going on here?”

I don’t want to spoil it by saying more—so let’s get into the episode. 🎧➡️

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Learn more here:
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📚 Book Recommendation: Buckeye
Find it here:
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🎧 Missing Pieces – NPE Life

Today I’m joined by Australian actor David Field, whose world was shaken by a deathbed confession and a DNA truth decades in the making. 

🔗 Links Mentioned

• Every Family Has a Secret
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEqpbWR-ydk&t=32s

• The Secret Daughter (Amazon)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07L4CV52Q/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

• Convict
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JLzLZnnO88&t=3706s

• Reel (Commercial – 2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEqpbWR-ydk&t=34s

Please download and listen to this podcast I started to produce...this episode is about how AI is helping transform preparedness. 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-response-force-multiplier/id1686185554?i=1000737543444

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✦ EPISODE: Shelby – Sister of NPEs ✦

Shelby shares the astonishing story of discovering not one, but two NPEs in her immediate family.
Born in Detroit and now settled in Tennessee, she brings warmth, humor, and reflection to a journey that proves DNA can connect — and complicate — in equal measure.

🧬 Secrets, surprises, and the search for truth — this is Missing Pieces.

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🎧 Missing Pieces
Welcome to another episode of Missing Pieces – NPE Life.
Today’s anonymous guest takes us from her childhood in Maine to a life-changing discovery just a few months ago. She’s brand-new to the NPE world and bravely shares what it’s like to stand at the very beginning of that journey.

✨ Listen in — it’s raw, real, and relatable.

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