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    <title>DNA Discoveries - Episodes Tagged with “Dna Story”</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 11: Larecia is Making up for Lost Time after Finding Her Father</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Larecia was on a quest to find her biological father.  After many years, she finally found the answers she was looking for, and now is making up for lost time.  </itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Larecia was on a quest to find her biological father.  After many years, she finally found the answers she was looking for, and now is making up for lost time.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can read the Guardian article at: &lt;a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global/2021/nov/21/i-took-a-dna-test-and-found-a-whole-new-family" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.theguardian.com/global/2021/nov/21/i-took-a-dna-test-and-found-a-whole-new-family&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Follow Larecia on social media:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@beautybuttafly/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.tiktok.com/@beautybuttafly/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/mrs_boss_lady26/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.instagram.com/mrs_boss_lady26/?hl=en&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/larecia.whitehead" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.facebook.com/larecia.whitehead&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To share your DNA Story on the podcast contact: &lt;a href="mailto:dnadiscoveriespodcast@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;dnadiscoveriespodcast@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>Larecia was on a quest to find her biological father.  After many years, she finally found the answers she was looking for, and now is making up for lost time.  </p>

<p>You can read the Guardian article at: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global/2021/nov/21/i-took-a-dna-test-and-found-a-whole-new-family" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/global/2021/nov/21/i-took-a-dna-test-and-found-a-whole-new-family</a></p>

<p>Follow Larecia on social media:<br>
<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@beautybuttafly/" rel="nofollow">https://www.tiktok.com/@beautybuttafly/</a><br>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/mrs_boss_lady26/?hl=en" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/mrs_boss_lady26/?hl=en</a><br>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/larecia.whitehead" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/larecia.whitehead</a></p>

<p>To share your DNA Story on the podcast contact: <a href="mailto:dnadiscoveriespodcast@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">dnadiscoveriespodcast@gmail.com</a>.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Larecia was on a quest to find her biological father.  After many years, she finally found the answers she was looking for, and now is making up for lost time.  </p>

<p>You can read the Guardian article at: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global/2021/nov/21/i-took-a-dna-test-and-found-a-whole-new-family" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/global/2021/nov/21/i-took-a-dna-test-and-found-a-whole-new-family</a></p>

<p>Follow Larecia on social media:<br>
<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@beautybuttafly/" rel="nofollow">https://www.tiktok.com/@beautybuttafly/</a><br>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/mrs_boss_lady26/?hl=en" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/mrs_boss_lady26/?hl=en</a><br>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/larecia.whitehead" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/larecia.whitehead</a></p>

<p>To share your DNA Story on the podcast contact: <a href="mailto:dnadiscoveriespodcast@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">dnadiscoveriespodcast@gmail.com</a>.</p>]]>
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