NPE

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 […]

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

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

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

FORTUNATE. CURIOUS. COMPASSIONATE. In 2013 I took a DNA test with 23andMe for fun and curiosity. I learned I had the cilantro gene and that I was a 4th cousin

RESILIENT. TENACIOUS. PASSIONATE. “She looks Mexican.” That’s what I remember my Polish grandmother saying the one and only time I met her.  My mother hurried me out of the room

INQUISITIVE. PASSIONATE. LOYAL. Ever since I found out I had an NPE in February 2021, it has been a tough thing to reckon with. Is it a big deal; is

CURIOUS. DETERMINED. ADVENTUROUS. I’m a year and a half into my MPE. It’s been tough but I wouldn’t change it for anything. Something was always wrong when I was young. I

DETERMINED. CARING. LOVING I grew up in Hollywood, North Hollywood to be specific, and I always felt as if I didn’t belong. Both my brother and I were very much

KIND. LOYAL. DEPENDABLE. Like most NPE’s (Non-Parental Event) I came from a very dysfunctional family. I was sent to live with my maternal grandmother when I was five until I