On today's episode I have the amazing actor and environmentalist Ed Begley Jr on the show. He opened an envelope when he was 15 years old and got a surprise that would change his life.  That was the day his Oscar winning father, Ed Begley, revealed a family secret.

Ed Begley Jr has a new book out called To the Temple of Tranquility...and Step on It!: A Memoir. You can buy it on Amazon or wherever you buy books.

To reach Don you can email him at DonNPE at iCloud dot com. I have been getting a bunch of junk mail on that account so I'm writing it different to see if that helps.

To find out more about the Untangling Our Roots Summit click here
If you want to follow me instagram it's NPE_Life_Podcast

On today's episode we hear Diane Bazella tell her story of her 40 year quest to find her correct birth parents. 

To contact Diane you can email her at [email protected]

To contact Don you can email him at [email protected] or you can follow and leave a message on his instagram NPE Life Podcast

Don't forget to register for the Summit!!! See you in Denver!! Untangling Our Roots

To support this podcast you can buy Missing Pieces Swag at www.missingpieces.printify.me

If you listened to this and it ended after the word "bingo" at 48 minutes and then gets cut-off. Please listened again. There was a weird glitch. The episode is 58 minutes long. 

On today's episode, I tell the story of Deanna and our journey to figure out who her dad is. We've been working on it since late August of 2023. Deanna lives in the LA area and we recorded in person.

To help support this podcast please visit... https://missingpieces.printify.me

TO get in touch with Don you can email him at [email protected]

To follow me this podcast on instagram please click here

If you want to get in touch with Deanna, you  can email her at [email protected]

Happy New Year... this episode is a great story. Not to ruin the surprise but Jessica is a Triple NPE. Three times she was lied to about her true identity. Is that a record?

The previous episode she mentions is called Jackie and Shannon Season 1 Episode 3. Check it out it's a good one.

To get in touch with Jessica she's on instagram as jesigirl89

To get in touch with Don on instagram it's Npe_life_podcast

Or you can email me at [email protected]

Thanks everyone and have a safe and wonderful New Years!!!

Brett never met his dad but was always told he died in a shoot out with the LAPD.  Another DNA surprise story that happened to someone Don knew in real life. Join us in this heartwarming episode.

To get in touch with Don please email at [email protected]. On Instagram his handle is NPE_Life_Podcast

If you want to get in touch with Brett email him at [email protected]
on instagram he's gr8fullyherenow

To register or get add'l info on Untangling Our Roots Summit go to https://untanglingourroots.org

Please FOLLOW the show and rate and leave a review for this podcast!!

Welcome to Mystery Guest - Today I interview someone who does a lot for our community. I don't want to tell you who she is because I want you to focus on her amazing story.  Have a listen... (note I do tell you at the end of the episode)

To contact don you can email me at [email protected]

To check out or register for the Untangling Our Roots summit I spoke about go to https://untanglingourroots.org

Check out Right to Know at https://righttoknow.us

Check out my insta at https://www.instagram.com/npe_life_podcast/

In this episode I have a candid talk with my friend Dana. She is the wife of a man who suddenly found out he fathered a child unbeknownst to him when he was 21. She is also adopted and also she found out...well I don't want to ruin the surprise. Listen to the episode. It's a great one.

To reach Don you can email me at [email protected]

To reach me on instagram click here

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!

Hi Everyone welcome to season 4 of the show. My seasons mean absolutely nothing. They start and stop every time I get to 13 episodes.

On today's show we have Aimee from DNAngels

She does these cool little tiktoks about some of the cases she's worked on. She helps folks find their biological parents. For free. And she talks about some of these cases in theses short little tiktok videos which also are on their instagram. And I love them.
You can watch these on tiktok, their account is  DNAngels and on instagram they are DNAngelsorg

If you would like to make a donation to DNAngels click here They are a non-profit so any donation is a tax write-off.  If you want to request a search angel click here

There main website is www.DNAngels.org NOTE there is only one "A" in their name.

To get in touch with Don, follow me on instagram or email me at [email protected]

Thanks so much for listening. Please rate this show and leave a review.

In this very intimate episode Don shares about 3 things... 1) A dream he had where his bio father appeared 2) Tells you how to explain to folks your need to find biological family. 3) Don has a recorded conversation with his  birth certificate father the day his father found out that Don wasn't his biological child.

Follow the show on instagram. Or leave us a message there.

If you think your story would be a good fit for our podcast (and you haven't been on any other podcast) email Don at  [email protected]. 

In this episode I have a conversation with my friend Gina Daniel... she's a therapist and NPE and an all around good person. We speak mostly about newly found family. She's 5 years into her journey and I'm 2 years into mine.

Some of the things mentioned in this episode....

Click here to listen to Gina's story on NPE Stories, Lily Wood's podcast. Her episode first appeared on Jan 12 2020. 

If you're in Pennsylvania and need a therapist or other outpatient mental health help please go to WWW.GRAYSTONEWELLNESS.COM

To go to Gina's Npe Guide go to WWW.NPEGUIDE.COM

To get in touch with Don please email [email protected]

To watch the TV show Unforgiven, British TV show I mentioned on Amazon click here