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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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Chrysta's website: (https://www.chrystabilton.com/ (https://www.chrystabilton.com/)
Buy Normal Family: https://www.amazon.com/Normal-Family-Truth-Love-Siblings/dp/0316536547/ (https://www.amazon.com/Normal-Family-Truth-Love-Siblings/dp/0316536547/) 
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<p>Chrysta&#39;s website: <a href="https://www.chrystabilton.com/" rel="nofollow">(https://www.chrystabilton.com/</a></p>

<p>Buy Normal Family: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Normal-Family-Truth-Love-Siblings/dp/0316536547/" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Normal-Family-Truth-Love-Siblings/dp/0316536547/</a></p>]]>
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<p>Chrysta&#39;s website: <a href="https://www.chrystabilton.com/" rel="nofollow">(https://www.chrystabilton.com/</a></p>

<p>Buy Normal Family: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Normal-Family-Truth-Love-Siblings/dp/0316536547/" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Normal-Family-Truth-Love-Siblings/dp/0316536547/</a></p>]]>
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