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    <title>DNA Discoveries - Episodes Tagged with “Book Interview”</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: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 31: Barbara Lane's Quest to Find Her Long Lost Sisters Separated in Childhood after Abandonment </title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Barbara has a story that you won't believe.  Her mother abandoned her and her sibling in their house.  Child services became involved, and several of the children were separated from each other.  In her memoir "Broken Water" she shares how she searched for her ten sisters and in this episode she shares many details of her life story.  It's a story of finding family!  </itunes:subtitle>
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Buy her book: https://www.amazon.com/Broken-Water-Extraordinary-True-Story/dp/B0BYVFQTCR/
Share your story by emailing dnadiscoveriespodcast@gmail.com or visiting https://dnadiscoveries.fireside.fm/contact
Follow the podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DNADiscoveriesPod/ 
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<p>Buy her book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Broken-Water-Extraordinary-True-Story/dp/B0BYVFQTCR/" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Broken-Water-Extraordinary-True-Story/dp/B0BYVFQTCR/</a><br>
Share your story by emailing <a href="mailto:dnadiscoveriespodcast@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">dnadiscoveriespodcast@gmail.com</a> or visiting <a href="https://dnadiscoveries.fireside.fm/contact" rel="nofollow">https://dnadiscoveries.fireside.fm/contact</a></p>

<p>Follow the podcast on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DNADiscoveriesPod/" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/DNADiscoveriesPod/</a></p>]]>
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<p>Buy her book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Broken-Water-Extraordinary-True-Story/dp/B0BYVFQTCR/" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Broken-Water-Extraordinary-True-Story/dp/B0BYVFQTCR/</a><br>
Share your story by emailing <a href="mailto:dnadiscoveriespodcast@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">dnadiscoveriespodcast@gmail.com</a> or visiting <a href="https://dnadiscoveries.fireside.fm/contact" rel="nofollow">https://dnadiscoveries.fireside.fm/contact</a></p>

<p>Follow the podcast on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DNADiscoveriesPod/" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/DNADiscoveriesPod/</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 29: Robin Schepper Found Her Way and the Identity of Her Bio Dad</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Robin Schepper grew up not knowing who her biological father was, though her mother wanted her to lie and tell people her step-father was.  Different names circulated as to who her brith father was, from the name of the birth certificate to another name suggested by her grandmother.  Robin shares her story of identifying her biological father on this episode of DNA Discoveries.  </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>44:18</itunes:duration>
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Buy her book: https://www.amazon.com/Finding-My-Way-Identity-Political/dp/195485496X
Visit her website: https://robinfschepperauthor.com/
Share your story by emailing dnadiscoveriespodcast@gmail.com or visiting https://dnadiscoveries.fireside.fm/contact
Follow the podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DNADiscoveriesPod/ 
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<p>Buy her book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Finding-My-Way-Identity-Political/dp/195485496X" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Finding-My-Way-Identity-Political/dp/195485496X</a><br>
Visit her website: <a href="https://robinfschepperauthor.com/" rel="nofollow">https://robinfschepperauthor.com/</a></p>

<p>Share your story by emailing <a href="mailto:dnadiscoveriespodcast@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">dnadiscoveriespodcast@gmail.com</a> or visiting <a href="https://dnadiscoveries.fireside.fm/contact" rel="nofollow">https://dnadiscoveries.fireside.fm/contact</a></p>

<p>Follow the podcast on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DNADiscoveriesPod/" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/DNADiscoveriesPod/</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Robin Schepper grew up not knowing who her biological father was, though her mother wanted her to lie and tell people her step-father was.  Different names circulated as to who her brith father was, from the name of the birth certificate to another name suggested by her grandmother.  Robin shares her story of identifying her biological father on this episode of DNA Discoveries.  </p>

<p>Buy her book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Finding-My-Way-Identity-Political/dp/195485496X" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Finding-My-Way-Identity-Political/dp/195485496X</a><br>
Visit her website: <a href="https://robinfschepperauthor.com/" rel="nofollow">https://robinfschepperauthor.com/</a></p>

<p>Share your story by emailing <a href="mailto:dnadiscoveriespodcast@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">dnadiscoveriespodcast@gmail.com</a> or visiting <a href="https://dnadiscoveries.fireside.fm/contact" rel="nofollow">https://dnadiscoveries.fireside.fm/contact</a></p>

<p>Follow the podcast on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DNADiscoveriesPod/" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/DNADiscoveriesPod/</a></p>]]>
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