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    <title>DNA Discoveries - Episodes Tagged with “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: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 13: What Ken Learned About Himself When He Did a DNA Test</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Ken shares his adoption story on this episode of DNA Discoveries and reveals a shocking fact he didn't know until he began this process.  </itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>Episode 6: I Am Complete Because I Found My Dad with Nina Manzare</title>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2020 01:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Nina Manzare was told at a young age that the man she called dad wasn't really her father.  It wasn't until taking a DNA test that she confirmed that was true.  Her search led her to discover half-siblings which paved the way to her becoming complete by finding her dad.  </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>25:58</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Episode 5: Two Sisters Deliver a Birthday Surprise with Chera</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2020 03:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Edward Looney interviews Chera who shares about her discovery of her half-sister and how they accidently surprised their biological father with the news on his birthday.  </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>24:13</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Episode 4: A Family Reunion Orchestrated by God with Kenny </title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 03:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Kenny was in his twenties and the first year of his marriage when after hearing a sermon at his church about family and identity that he knew he wanted to find his birth family.  Little did he know that God already was working on the heart of his birth father.  Kenny's story will fill the listener with wonder and awe.  </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>48:32</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Episode 3: I Was An Only Child Until I Found My Sisters with Penny Kinsey</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2020 03:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Penny Kinsey grew up as an only child until she discovered her biological father and his children.  </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>14:15</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Episode 2: My Mom and I are the Same Person with Tiffany Dean</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Tiffany Dean was separated from her mother at the age of two and later in her life she learned the name of her mother.  A few months ago she decided to search for her mom.  This is the story of a mother-daughter reunion.</itunes:subtitle>
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