DNA SURPRISE? AdoptION, DC, NPE, MPE

(Click for more terms – DC: Donor Conception, NPE: Non-Paternal Event, MPE: Misattributed parentage Experience)

you are not alone - 1 in 20 have an mpe

We support everyone impacted by genetic identity issues and loss of genetic continuity from adoption, assisted reproduction, or non-paternal events (NPE) and promote understanding of the complex intersection of genetic information, identity, and family dynamics.
We encourage engagement to facilitate and create real change and are an inclusive organization that assists adoptees, donor-conceived, people with an NPE, birth parents, gamete providers, new genetic family, recipient parents, and raising families. In learning and growing from each other, we must put the voices of adoptees, donor conceived, and people with an NPE first.

OUR IMPACT 2023: Direct Assistance for 339 Adoptees/DCP/People with an NPE, Impacted 1769 Families, and Reached Over 42,103 People in 11 Countries and ALL U.S. States

Untangling Our Roots Conference
Denver CO April 25-28, 2024

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NEW FEDERAL LEGISLATION

Bipartisan broad based fertility fraud bill introduced

FIGHTING FERTILITY FRAUD ACT OF 2023

118th Congress - HR 3710
PRESS RELEASE

We need your financial support to continue offer our services for FREE and advocate for change

OUR JOURNEYS

Dawn VanGorkum

COURAGEOUS. CARING. GRIEF STRICKEN. For nearly 43 years I lived a lie. I had no clue. My dad that raised me was also clueless. My mother claims she did not

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