Liann Ross
UNBREAKABLE. EMPATH. ADVOCATE. My family of origin consists of two older sisters who are 10.5 and 8 years older than me—where I grew up much like an only child with […]
MPE Narrative
Gloria Taylor
EMPATH. LONER. MUSICIAN. My MPE journey actually began in 2013 when I decided to take a DNA test for ethnicity purposes. I had always known there was some European heritage.
Diana Hochberg
BRAVE. KIND. PERSISTENT. My name is Diana Kayla Hochberg. I became a widow at thirty-five and a solo mom to my son and stepdaughter. Three years later, I accepted an
RiahWillow Daniels
CREATIVE. FUNNY. LOST. My name is RiahWillow Daniels. I learned by accident that the man on my birth certificate is not my biological father via ancestry DNA and confirmed it via
Kristina Swenson
I. EXPECT. MORE. There are so many emotions for me being adopted that made this very hard to write, but it was also very therapeutic at the same time. My
Shae Lee
CREATIVE. EMPATHETIC. SARCASTIC. I still to this day don’t know what way I would have preferred to find out about the truth about my origins, maybe mine was the best
Will Nadeau
LOYAL. COMPASSIONATE. SELFLESS. I was born in 1969 in Alabama. My mother is from central Florida, but during that time period she was staying with family in Alabama. My birth
Lydia Mackey
ADVOCATE. EMPATHETIC. BRAVE. Let me begin my story at five years old when my mother dropped me off with my paternal “Grandparents” for them to raise me. They obtained custody
Dawn Gable
RESILIENT. EMPATHETIC. CURIOUS. After being in reunion with my birth parents and our extended family for 35+ years, my DNA test knocked a whole branch off the maternal side of
Alexis Hourselt
STRONG. COMPASSIONATE. TRUTH-TELLER. I wish I could say I knew something was off before my DNA surprise. In hindsight, many things make more sense. From the narrative I was told