NPE Stories
Episodes
Sarah M's Story
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah M grew up in a picture perfect household. As adults that picture began to change after she and her siblings discovered their mother had been lyi...
Bianca's Story
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bianca had a traumatic childhood (**trigger warning child sexual assault**) and was abandoned by her mother and raised by her birth certificate father...
Simone's Story
02 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Simone found out she was an NPE in a shocking moment days after her dad died. She was left to process this alone and has since been able to find out m...
Ryan's Story
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan is on a search for his biological family and has not had any success to date. He was abandoned at a Moroccan hospital as an infant and spent th...
Jackie's Story
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jackie was told in anger by her mother that her dad wasn't her real father, and confirmed this through DNA testing. She has a beautiful relations...
Nichole's Story
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nichole never suspected she was an NPE, until her Grandmother raised suspicion when she shared alarming stories in a moment of grief. Turns out many i...
Shelly's Story
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Raised as an only child, Shelly's mom and dad passed away when she was in her early 20s. In spring 2021, at age 35, she was ready to find childre...
Joy A's Story
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joy was made out to be the villain by her family members. Resources:NPEguide.comThe Lost Family by Libby CopelandPodcasts:Missing Pieces - NPE LifeEve...
Holly's Story
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Holly shares her NPE story in the first episode of Season 4 of the NPE Stories podcast. Holly can be emailed directly at [email protected] Stories...
Maria's Story
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa (Maria) has gone through an awakening since finding out her uncle is her father, and her cousins are actually her siblings. Lisa can be emailed d...
Robin's Story
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Robin shares her NPE story."You can't be rejected by someone that doesn't know you."Robin can be emailed directly at rlehrman707@y...
Peter's Story: Uprooted
05 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Peter J. Boni, author of Uprooted: Family Trauma, Unknown Origins, and the Secretive History of Articial Insemination, shares his story and dives into...
Don's Story
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast host Don Anderson, of Missing Pieces - NPE Life shares his NPE story for the first time. Resources discussed:Missing Pieces - NPE LifeEve Stur...
Loren's Story
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Loren had a parent-child match show up in her Ancestry DNA results that didn't make any sense. Resources discussed:Our FatherNetflixInheritanceDa...
Stacey's Story
14 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Stacey shares her life growing up in her severe household until she left to live with her Grandma. She hopes to have a relationship with her bio dad a...
Susan O's Story
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Susan found out she was donor conceived, and this was kept from her and her BCF. Her biological father is her mother's fertility doctor. Hiraeth ...
Cindy O's Story
17 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cindy never understood the cause of the abuse she received from her narcissistic BCF until she found out she was an NPE. "There is an innate prim...
Jodie's Story
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jodie was told at 20 her dad wasn't her dad, and finally got the truth nearly 20 years later. NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share thei...
Mary Ravenstar's Story
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Ravenstar was raised and identifies as Native American. She details many ways she went through her healing process. NPE Stories is a podcast whe...
Christina's Story
12 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Christina has no regrets and says this has been a beautiful experience to get where she is at today in her NPE story. NPE Stories is a podcast where ...
Fred's Story
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Special crossover episode with Fred, an NPE who first shared Part 1 of his story Charts, Graphs, & Data. Oh My! on Everything's Relative with...
Marysol's Story
27 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Broken people can't fix broken people."Marysol has been through a huge healing process and shares her devastation and path to healing....
Dani's Story
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dani took 10 weeks off of work for her mental health when she learned about her NPE. NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of wha...
Rachelle's Story
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rachelle found a birth certificate and picture of herself with a different last name. NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of w...
Matthew's Story
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Matt is a late-discovery adoptee who was illegally adopted at 2 days old. NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their ori...
Denise's Story
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Denise still hasn't found her birth father, and has hired a genealogical team through Ancestry. NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share th...
Kiera's Story
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kiera has an outcome very different than other NPE stories. NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family w...
Penny's Story
05 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Penny was a really big secret in a really repressed family. NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original famil...
My Mother's Ghosts
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
John tells his NPE discovery story and shares about his mother's ghosts. NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what the...
The Lucky NPE's Story
24 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine considers herself a very lucky NPE. NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How...
Colleen's Story
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A rejection story. Colleen started to forge a relationship with her birth father for a year only to have him painfully reject her. She still has not h...
Jennifer Lopez's Story
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer was raised with a white father, but she found out she is actually half Puerto Rican and half Filipino. In her story Jennifer describes how sh...
Julia's Story
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julia was raised with a strong connection to her Hungarian heritage. But her Ancestry DNA composition showed 50% French and 50% Italian. NPE Stories ...
Leona's Story
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 105 where today I am speaking with Leona.NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family wa...
Brandy's Story
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brandy has had a pic of her biological father since she was a girl, but she had no idea who he was or how to get a hold of him until she took a DNA te...
Mendy's Story
14 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mendy has always been very active in his Jewish community only to find out from a shocking DNA test that he doesn't have a single genetic connect...
Patricia's Story
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Patricia has a tragic and heartbreaking childhood story, and it appears many of her siblings are also NPEs. NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can sh...
Meredith K's Story
06 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meredith K's DNA test unearthed many family NPEs and LDAs. NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original famil...
100th Episode of NPE Stories
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Make space for anger, paternity fraud, strong emotions, and healing. Disclaimer: We are not lawyers! But we are using the 100th episode to opine and s...
Anne's Story
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anne was an only child and tragically lost her BCF as a teen, then she found out she was an NPE and she had no one to give her answers. NPE Stories ...
Lynn's Story
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lynn found an engagement notice for her mom in an old newspaper clipping, but this raised questions because it was not for her engagement with her dad...
Steph P's Story
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Steph joined Ancestry to map out her family tree and was sucked into their marketing vortex and ended up buying their DNA test kit. NPE Stories is a p...
Jillian's Story
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jillian's birth certificate father was always told he was infertile, so he left his wife for Jillian's mother when she told him she became p...
Will's Story
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Will has had a lingering doubt for a long time about his parentage and that led him to send off for a DNA test. NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs c...
Chris W's Story
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chris has had an emotionally draining year and some great meetups with his new family.NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of wha...
Lisa P's Story
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wife swapping can create both children and destruction. Hear Lisa P explain the damage that has arisen with her siblings around her parents' affa...
Pearis's Story
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pearis the Brave.Pearis is willing to be a mentor to new NPEs who need to connect with another NPE.NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their...
Cindy's Story
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cindy was really close to, and identified with her BCF and his family, so the Ancestry results were devastating!NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs ...
Jaclyn's Story
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Season 3. Jaclyn is willing to share her NPE story using a pseudonym as she wants to ensure her anonymity. Her birth certificate father doe...
Jaime's Story
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jaime discovers she is a donor-conceived individual as an adult, and her mother's OB-GYN used his own sperm without consent. This is the last ep...
Jennifer's Story
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer spent the first part of her academic career researching assisted reproductive technologies and kinship, and then finds herself an NPE.NPE Sto...
Marilyn's Story
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Marilyn shares her NPE experience.NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found o...
Michele's Story
05 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Secret in My DNA podcast host, Michele, shares her heartbreak. NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original f...
Melissa's Story
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Melissa went through the emotional challenges of anger and anxiety around finding out her dad was not her dad.NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can ...
Karen C's Story
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Karen’s DNA results in April 2019 confirmed her NPE. NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was li...
Dancing Around the Truth
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Kim's Story
08 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Jason's Story
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Zari's Story
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Michael's Story
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Kathy MM's Story
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Dawn's Story
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Lisa A's Story
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Wendy Kathleen's Story
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Annie's Story
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Richard's Story
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
KJ's Story
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Laura's Story
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Conceived by rape, Laura's NPE is the result of her teen mother's molestation by her uncle. NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share t...
Shae's Story
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Bob's Story
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Sasha's Story
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Myndi's Story
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Beth's Story
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Robyn's Story
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Cassandra's Story
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Leigh's Story
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Debi's Story
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Paul's Story
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Teela's Story
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Eve's Story
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Diane's Story
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Marissa's Story
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Sarah's Story
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Heidi's Story
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Heather O's Story
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Annette's Story
24 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Randi's Story
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
DaRhonda's Story
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Donna G's Story
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Dennis's Story
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Cory's Story
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Meredith's Story
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Rachel's Story
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Marion's Story
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Ken's Story
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Susan's Story
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Scott's Story
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Alexis's Story
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
After the Discovery
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...
Teri's Story
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPE Stories is a podcast where NPEs can share their story of what their original family was like. How they found out they were an NPE. And what th...