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    <title>DNA Discoveries - Episodes Tagged with “Npe”</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2023 02:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <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>
    <itunes:author>Edward Looney</itunes:author>
    <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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      <itunes:name>Edward Looney</itunes:name>
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  <title>Episode 28: Bridget Found Family That Looked Like Her</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2023 02:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
  <author>Edward Looney</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Bridget discovered she was an NPE and shares with listeners what that meant for her, her family, how she coped, how she met her new relatives, and how she moved on after the news.  </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>39:52</itunes:duration>
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  <description>Bridget discovered she was an NPE and shares with listeners what that meant for her, her family, how she coped, how she met her new relatives, and how she moved on after the news.  
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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  <itunes:keywords>dna discoveries, autosomal DNA, ancestry dna, 23 and me, discovered family, NPE</itunes:keywords>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Bridget discovered she was an NPE and shares with listeners what that meant for her, her family, how she coped, how she met her new relatives, and how she moved on after the news.  </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>Bridget discovered she was an NPE and shares with listeners what that meant for her, her family, how she coped, how she met her new relatives, and how she moved on after the news.  </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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  <title>Episode 27: Carmen Rita Wong Asks the Question "Why Didn't You Tell Me?"</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2023 01:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
  <author>Edward Looney</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Carmen Rita Wong is an American radio, television and online journalist, and personal finance expert at CNBC who also has been on quite the family roller coaster wide related to the identity of her father.  Raised by a Chinese a father, she presumed he was her father, only to be told someone else was, and then had that rug pulled out from under her feet one day by surprise.  Carmen offers profound insights into her journey that are sure to inspire others in a similar situation.  </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>40:38</itunes:duration>
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  <description>Carmen Rita Wong is an American writer, former radio, television and online journalist, and personal finance expert at CNBC who also has been on quite the family roller coaster wide related to the identity of her father.  Raised by a Chinese a father, she presumed he was her father, only to be told someone else was, and then had that rug pulled out from under her feet one day by surprise.  Carmen offers profound insights into her journey that are sure to inspire others in a similar situation.  
Buy her book: https://www.amazon.com/Why-Didnt-You-Tell-Me/dp/0593240251
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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  <itunes:keywords>Carmen Rita Wong Autosomal DNA Test Kit discovery of father, Finding your father, book memoir about finding family through DNA</itunes:keywords>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Carmen Rita Wong is an American writer, former radio, television and online journalist, and personal finance expert at CNBC who also has been on quite the family roller coaster wide related to the identity of her father.  Raised by a Chinese a father, she presumed he was her father, only to be told someone else was, and then had that rug pulled out from under her feet one day by surprise.  Carmen offers profound insights into her journey that are sure to inspire others in a similar situation.  </p>

<p>Buy her book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Why-Didnt-You-Tell-Me/dp/0593240251" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Why-Didnt-You-Tell-Me/dp/0593240251</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>Carmen Rita Wong is an American writer, former radio, television and online journalist, and personal finance expert at CNBC who also has been on quite the family roller coaster wide related to the identity of her father.  Raised by a Chinese a father, she presumed he was her father, only to be told someone else was, and then had that rug pulled out from under her feet one day by surprise.  Carmen offers profound insights into her journey that are sure to inspire others in a similar situation.  </p>

<p>Buy her book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Why-Didnt-You-Tell-Me/dp/0593240251" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Why-Didnt-You-Tell-Me/dp/0593240251</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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  <title>Episode 11: Larecia is Making up for Lost Time after Finding Her Father</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2022 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>Edward Looney</author>
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  <itunes:author>Edward Looney</itunes:author>
  <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>
  <itunes:duration>52:51</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>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.  
You can read the Guardian article at: https://www.theguardian.com/global/2021/nov/21/i-took-a-dna-test-and-found-a-whole-new-family
Follow Larecia on social media:
https://www.tiktok.com/@beautybuttafly/
https://www.instagram.com/mrsbosslady26/?hl=en
https://www.facebook.com/larecia.whitehead
To share your DNA Story on the podcast contact: dnadiscoveriespodcast@gmail.com.
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  <itunes:keywords>larecia bufford, dna story, discovering family, finding family, npe, ancestry dna, 23 and me, biological dad</itunes:keywords>
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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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