NPE Stories

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 Chart

NPE Stories Patreon

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

Meet Alexis Hourselt, host of DNA Surprises podcast, and listen to her share her own personal NPE story with a major ethnicity surprise. Alexis Hourselt and I share our NPE stories on each other's podcasts this week.

Alexis can be reached via her website or email [email protected]
IG @dnasurprises
TikTok @dnasurprises 

Untangling our Roots Summit for NPEs and those affected by Adoption

DNA Surprises podcast with Alexis Hourselt

DNA Surprise Retreats the next retreat is scheduled for Sept 19-22nd, 2024 in Phoenix

NPE Stories Patreon

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

Somatic Therapy

Celia Center Adoption Constellation  

IFS

Unraveling Adoption: Healing Adoption Trauma Through Alternative Therapies with Ridghaus Ep. 113

NPE Stories Patreon

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

Marcie Keithley, co-founder of The National Association of Adoptees and Parents, comes on to share her personal adoption story and provides some education and awareness about the adoption community.

Marcie can be reached via email [email protected] or [email protected]

Resources Mentioned:

NAAP: National Association of Adoptees and Parents

NAAP Adoption Happy Hour; 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month

Untangling our Roots Summit Denver, CO April 25-28 2024

The Shoebox Effect: Transforming Pain Into Fortitude and Purpose by Marcie Keithley

NPE Stories Patreon

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

Kellie identifies as a double NPE.  Kellie's 2nd father told her unexpectedly that he should have asked her mother for a paternity test. 

Kellie can be reached via email [email protected]

Resources Mentioned:

Eve Sturges of Everything's Relative with Eve Sturges has compiled 100 songs sent in by NPEs, found here on Spotify.

Missing Pieces ~ NPE Life with Don Anderson

Hiraeth Hope & Healing Retreats 

NPE Stories Patreon

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

Dr. Nicole Price is a love child from a 10-year-long relationship, and now uses her NPE in her leadership work. Most of her family and close community knew and kept this secret from her. 

*The 15:00 mark has a great explanation for empathy and how she has a deeper understanding for people's suffering from her own NPE.

Dr. Nicole Price can be reached through her website here

Resources Mentioned:

DNAngels

Spark the Heart: Engineering Empathy in Your Organization by Dr. Nicole Price

The Holy Educated Mother Fucker: A Filter-Free Guide to Getting Through the Unthinkable by Dr. Nicole Price

NPE Stories Patreon

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

This is a whirlwind of a story, and one not to be missed. From kidnapping, foundling, foster child, to being raised by an adopted family Jack has been on the search of a lifetime to find his parents true biological child, as well as to uncover his own genetic truth. There are an incredible amount of resources listed below that are sure to help NPEs and adoptees on their own personal searches. 

Resources Mentioned:
NAAP
Right to Know
The Lost Sons available on Discovery +
Who is Paul Fronczak Facebook Page
Cece Moore Genetic Genealogist
NCMEC
Fronczakfiles.com
Books:
The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and my Search for the Real Me by Paul Fronczak
True Identity: Cracking the Oldest Kidnapping Cold Case and Finding My Missing Twin by Paul Fronczak

NPE Stories Patreon

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

I sat with my anger long enough until she told me her real name was grief.
-C.S. Lewis

Joan is a late-discovery donor-conceived individual. She never had any idea this was a possibility until her mother told her 5 years ago, before taking a DNA test. Joan's birth father is her mother's OB/GYN.

Joan is searching for any other donor siblings she may have and can be reached via email: [email protected]

Resources Mentioned:
NPE Stories Episode 89 Jaime’s Story 07/01/2021

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/npe-stories/id1464478802?i=1000527462864

NPE Stories Episode 64 Cassandra (Adams) 01/08/2021

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cassandras-story/id1464478802?i=1000504776203

NPE Stories Episode 53 Annette 10/24/2020

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/annettes-story/id1464478802?i=1000495952339

Right to Know MPE Counseling Collective (directory)

NPE* A STORY GUIDE FOR UNEXPECTED DNA DISCOVERIES by Leeanne R. Hay

DNA Angels

NPE Stories Patreon

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

Mike wasn’t ready to find out he had a sister through 23andMe. He hasn’t told anyone in his raising family except for one conversation he had face-to-face with his mother. Mike is very cognizant of the impact his NPE may have on his family relationships.

Mike can be reached via email [email protected]

Resources Mentioned:
Facebook Support Group (Private)
DNA Identity Surprise and This NPE Life
admin Alesia Weiss 

NPE Stories Patreon

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

NPE Stories Patreon

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