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    <title>DNA Discoveries - Episodes Tagged with “Biologicaldad”</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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    <itunes:subtitle>Stories of Finding Family</itunes:subtitle>
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    <itunes:summary>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 14: Annette Introduces Us to Her Papa</title>
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  <title>Episode 10: How Ed Found the Identity of His Biological Grandfather through Genetic Genealogy and Reading the CMs</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2022 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Ed had a passion for family genealogical research.  He wanted to know everything about his family.  When his father took a DNA test, a new mystery presented itself, and his passion for family research became genetic genealogy.  Being quite the sleuth, Ed was able to identify his father's biological dad, and this new family welcomed both Ed and his dad into their clan.  </itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>Episode 9: Brandy's Struggle to Identify the Mystery Man in the Photo Years Later </title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Brandy learned at a young age her dad wasn't her dad, and that the mystery man in a vacation photo was her biological dad.  She struggled to identify the man, but with lots of help and perseverance, she now knows his name and connected with a sister.  </itunes:subtitle>
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