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    <title>DNA Discoveries - Episodes Tagged with “Biological”</title>
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    <description>Did you do your DNA test to find out if you’re Irish? If you are like the host, Edward Looney, that’s why he spit in a tube and sent it off to the lab.  He ended up finding family he never knew he had. This is a podcast about people who discovered family– parents, brothers, cousins.  Listen for heart warming and tear jerking stories about DNA Discoveries that have changed lives.  
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  <title>Episode 6: I Am Complete Because I Found My Dad with Nina Manzare</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Nina Manzare was told at a young age that the man she called dad wasn't really her father.  It wasn't until taking a DNA test that she confirmed that was true.  Her search led her to discover half-siblings which paved the way to her becoming complete by finding her dad.  </itunes:subtitle>
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