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A biennial conference to unite the DNA surprise, adoption, assisted reproduction, and NPE communities to grow and heal together and impact change.
- 2026 Atlanta, GA (3/19-3/22/2026)
- 2024 Denver, CO (4/25-4/28/2024)
- 2023 Louisville, KY (3/30-4/1/2023)
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EDUCATIONAL WEBINAR Events
We invite speakers from all over the world to discuss their areas of expertise on issues pertaining to misattributed parentage.
All RTK Webinar Events are recorded and later accessible to the public. RTK reserves the right to use the webinars for any purpose.
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Save the Dates
- April 2025: High Conflict Conversations
- October 2025: Fatherless Daughters
- January 2026: TBD
Wellness Support
COMMUNITY & CONNECTION
At many points in your journey if you grow up knowing you are adopted, donor-conceived, or have an NPE or if you have a DNA surprise, people feel alone. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. There are tens of thousands of people experiencing the same thing. Right to Know hosts a weekly peer-led community and connection online support group with mental health professionals and community experts where individuals share experiences, offer mutual understanding, and provide emotional encouragement in a safe and confidential setting.
Participation in this group is available for a nominal fee of $25 per month. Alternatively, you can join as a “Coffee & Community” patron on our Patreon, which includes access to this group among other exclusive benefits. Scholarships available upon request.
These events are not recorded but you must preregister HERE – we never share your information.
High-Conflict Behavior and DNA Discoveries: Identifying and Dealing with the 5 Types of People Who Can Derail Your Next Chapter
A DNA surprise can turn your entire identity inside out—but the hardest part often isn’t the discovery itself. It’s the way people respond.
You may be trying to build relationships with newly found relatives while still navigating the dynamics in your raised family. You may be dealing with confusion, silence, guilt-tripping, or outright hostility. And sometimes, it’s not just a difference of opinion, it’s a pattern of high-conflict behavior or traits that look a lot like a personality disorder.
Read The Five Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life.
In this live, 75-minute webinar, we’ll break down:
- What makes someone high-conflict and how personality disorders often present during family transitions
- The ways high-conflict behavior shows up after a DNA discovery or reunion
- What to watch for in both new relationships and long-term family ties
- Why logic doesn’t work with high-conflict personalities—and what actually does
- Real-life boundary strategies that keep you grounded and sane
This webinar is for anyone navigating complex, shifting family relationships in the wake of a DNA surprise—whether you’re an adoptee, donor conceived, NPE, or someone supporting them. If you’ve ever found yourself saying, “Why is this person reacting like that?” or “Why does this feel so much harder than it should?”—you’re in the right place.
This isn’t about labeling people. It’s about naming patterns, protecting your peace, and staying steady when someone else is determined to pull you off course.
Megan Hunter, MBA, is the co-founder and CEO of the High Conflict Institute and co-author of The 5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life. She is a nationally recognized expert on managing high-conflict personalities, with a background in law and policy and extensive work with legal and mental health professionals. She is also an adoptee in reunion and brings both lived experience and deep expertise to this important conversation.
Megan is an adoptee who reunited with her genetic families over 20 years ago. She’s also the co-founder of the High Conflict Institute and co-author of The 5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life. Her work focuses on helping people recognize and respond to high-conflict personalities, those who create chaos, escalate emotion, and refuse to take responsibility, especially when control or image is threatened.
She’s not just talking about strangers. These behaviors often show up in people we love—parents, siblings, adult children, new biological relatives—right when we’re trying to make sense of our origin story and form new connections.
You may also know Megan as the co-host of the podcast It’s All Your Fault, where she tackles exactly this kind of issue: what to do when someone in your life is constantly blaming, manipulating, or rewriting the story to serve their own narrative.