Fred is a late discovery adoptee, and realized life was never going to return back to normal after the "swing of the wrecking ball" He has written a memoir and is 20 years into his discovery and reunification process.
Fred can be reached via email at fred@fredsbreadstore.com
Resources Mentioned:
Untangling our Roots Summit
NAAP National Association for Adoptees and Parents
Forbidden Roots: A Memoir of Late-Discovery Adoption
by Fred Nicora
www.frednicora.com
Private Facebook Group for NPES
NPE Only: After the Discovery
NPE Stories facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/NPEstories
NPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/NPEstories
Sue is an NPE that has a full sibling from her mother's affair with her birth father. Her research has uncovered other NPEs from her family as well, including her own mother.
Resources Mentioned:
Join us at the Untangling our Roots Summit Apr 25-28, 2024 in Denver, CO
NPE Stories now has a new $3 donation tier on Patreon
Sue can be reached via email suzanwalker57@hotmail.com
NPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/NPEstories
Devin shares his NPE story of finding out he is the youngest of 23 children spanned over many decades. He believes he may still have siblings out there he has yet to meet.
Devin can be reached via email devindavis2277@gmail.com
or via instagram @dd_227
Resources Mentioned:
Devin has shared his story previously on DNA Surprises
NPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/NPEstories
After being abandoned by his mother at 6 months old, AJ moved to a rural area with the man everyone thought was his father. His whole life, he never knew that the missing pieces he felt were not just because of his mother's absence. Through death, loss and shock AJ has navigated his life purposefully and arrived at a place that he is very grateful for.
AJ can be reached via email AJD1139@gmail.com
Resources Mentioned:
Missing Pieces - NPE Life host Don Anderson Episode S2 E12 Bro-mance
Norwood Free Methodist Church
https://www.facebook.com/norwoodfmc
https://www.youtube.com/@norwoodfreemethodistchurch9828
NPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/NPEstories
Raised just outside of Detroit, Bob had a vastly different upbringing than his biological father's children. Bob has found out, after taking a DNA test, that he is half Ashkenazi Jewish.
Bob can be reached via email bobmason68@gmail.com
Resources Mentioned:
Untangling Our Roots Summit in April 25-28, 2024 in Denver, CO
NPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/NPEstories
After a traumatic childhood and being raised primarily by an abusive grandmother, Shantel discovered her NPE status at age 23. The discovery came with a change in her racial identity but it wasn’t until almost 15 years later that Shantel discovered who her biological father was.
Messages to Shantel can be sent to npestories@gmail.com referencing Shantel Episode 185
Resources Mentioned:
Shantel found the Family Tree DNA/Genealogy groups she joined very helpful in her search for her biological paternal family.
NPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/NPEstories
Sharilyn figured out she was an NPE when she found her birth certificate. She met her birth father before his passing but needed time to process meeting her new biological family members. Like so many NPEs she would really like a sincere apology.
Sharilyn can be reached via email ssharilyn@hotmail.com
Resources Mentioned:
Severange Magazine
Missing Pieces - NPE Life hosted by Don Anderson
NPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/NPEstories
Jess is taller than her brothers and never had a relationship with her BCF after he was sent to prison when she was a child. She found out she was an NPE and her BF's family has been a new joy in Jess's life.
Jess can be reached via email jessmaineg@gmail.com
Resources:
Grief Class and the 5 stages of grief
NPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/NPEstories
My fellow millenial NPE shares her story. She was the product of a work affair between her mom and birth father. She had a shocking parent-child match on her DNA results after taking a DNA test for fun.
Aly can be reached:
on Facebook at Aly Copeland
on Instagram @Alytowel
email alysonmnowell@gmail.com
Resources Mentioned:
Aly discusses an NPE millenial subgroup which can be reached after joining the private DNA NPE Friends group on facebook.
NPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/NPEstories
Jacoba Ballard from Netflix’s Our Father comes on to share her full NPE/DCP story, including details that were not put into her documentary. She is 1 of nearly 100 siblings whose mothers were violated by Dr. Donald Cline when they were unknowingly artificially inseminated with their fertility doctor’s sperm. Jacoba suffers serious medical conditions, along with many of her siblings, which were likely inherited from her biological father.
Jacoba can be reached via email at ballardjacoba@gmail.com
IG @jacobajballard
Facebook: Jacoba Ballard
Resources Mentioned:
Our Father available on Netflix
NPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/NPEstories
Reggie (NPE) grew up one of five children on public assistance by a loving single mother. He is now a lawyer and civil rights activist, just like his biological father.
Reggie can be reached via email reggieshuford@gmail.com
Resources Mentioned:
Wilmington's Lie, by David Zucchino: https://groveatlantic.com/book/wilmingtons-lie/
Reggie's blog: https://reggieshuford.medium.com
Reggie's blog about his ancestry discovery: https://reggieshuford.medium.com/father-figure-my-journey-to-find-my-biological-father-ad7846809d9b
The story about Reggie's friend Sam: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/09/us/politics/son-finds-father-sam-anthony.html
The 1619 Project, by Nikole Hannah-Jones: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/658295/the-1619-project-by-created-by-nikole-hannah-jones-and-the-new-york-times-magazine/9780593230572
NPE Stories Patreon
NPE Stories facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/NPEstories
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