Shirley discovered through DNA tests that her entire biological family was different from the one she had known all her life, leading her to become a private detective so that she could uncover her true origins.
 

Shirley can be reached via email [email protected]
Instagram: shirleymunoznewson_author
Facebook: shirleymunoznewson.com

Resources Mentioned:
Untangling Our Roots
Don Anderson's Missing Pieces - NPE Life
The Little Dark One: A True Story of Switched at Birth by Shirley Munoz-Newson

NPE Stories Patreon

NPE Stories facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/NPEstories

Shelly is part of a great little NPE community called the NoMi Girls who meet in Northern Michigan regularly.  She had a traumatic childhood and has put a lot of work into healing, including EMDR and support groups, but Shelly says this experience has changed her a lot.

Shelly can be reached via email [email protected]

Resources Mentioned:
Untangling Our Roots
Lauren LoGiudice
Don Anderson's Missing Pieces - NPE Life
Hiraeth Hope & Healing Retreats

NPE Stories Patreon

NPE Stories facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/NPEstories

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 Sturges

NPE Stories Patreon

NPE Stories facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/NPEstories

This was a very long emotional episode that has been divided into 2 parts. This is part 2.

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:

1. Lora Alegria
2. Pam Collins
3. Alicia Williams
4. Kelly
5. Justin
6. Richard Wenzel
7. Diana
8. Denise
9. Unknown (Take us back to yesterday -poem)
10. Gigi

Untangling our Roots Summit

NPE Stories Patreon

NPE Stories facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/NPEstories

This was a very long emotional episode that has been divided into 2 parts. This is part 1.

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:

1. Leif Whalen
2. Alicia Williams
3. Jenny
4. Amy
5. Terry Champion
6. Don Anderson
7. Dave Treadway
8. Amy  

 

Untangling our Roots Summit

NPE Stories Patreon

NPE Stories facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/NPEstories

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 page

NPE Stories Patreon

NPE Stories facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/NPEstories

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
https://www.facebook.com/NPEstories

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, CO

NPE Stories Patreon

NPE Stories facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/NPEstories

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, CO

NPE Stories Patreon

NPE Stories facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/NPEstories

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, CO

NPE Stories Patreon

NPE Stories facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/NPEstories