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Right to Know We support people impacted by DNA surprises, NPEs, adoption, assisted reproduction, & misattributed parentage (MP).

You deserve to know where you come from.Not someday. Not accidentally. Not after a lifetime of questions.Every person de...
04/29/2026

You deserve to know where you come from.

Not someday. Not accidentally. Not after a lifetime of questions.

Every person deserves access to the truth about their biological origins.

But right now, many people are still denied that basic right.

Learn more:
https://righttoknow.us

04/27/2026

📣 Attention DCP! This is a great opportunity for our community to advance research about the perspectives and experiences of donor conceived people.

👉 Dr. Alison Walsh is a Research Scientist at the University of Michigan School of Nursing and the Principal Investigator of the KIND Study (Kinship and Identity Narratives of Donor Conceived Adults).

The research team is inviting people who were conceived from donated eggs, s***m, or embryos to participate in an online survey that aims to learn more about their experiences and to better understand family, kinship, and adult identity narratives.

Participation involves completing an anonymous online survey, which will take approximately 20-40 minutes. Participation is voluntary.

Participants will be entered to win one of four $50 Amazon Gift Cards for completing the survey.

If you are interested in participating, visit use the QR code, or go to https://myumi.ch/n1Mrx

If you have questions, please contact the research team at KINDstudy@umich.edu,
Project Director, Mary Richardson at mabri@med.umich.edu, or
Principal Investigator, Dr. Alison Walsh at walshar@med.umich.edu.

This study [ID #: HUM00274469] has been reviewed and approved by the University of Michigan Institutional Review Board and is considered Exempt Human Subjects Research.

04/26/2026

Being mixed is one thing. Being mixed and not understanding why the world responds to you the way it does is something else entirely.

Bruce and Kara reflect on bias, identity, and what it means to be seen one way, raised another, and left to make sense of it on your own.

For more of Bruce's story, listen to S1 E3 Unraveling Me podcast

04/26/2026

Marcie was told to sign papers, hand over her baby, and move on. No one told her there was a registry. No one told her her daughter wanted to be found.

Then one day, a phone call changed everything.

For more of Marcie’s story, listen to Unraveling Me Podcast, S1 E7.

04/25/2026

The truth can hurt. But silence hurts too.

We can want answers, need answers, and deserve answers-while still holding compassion for those who carried the secret, the shame, or the pain.

Sometimes a DNA surprise reveals heartbreak. Sometimes it reveals love. Both can be true at once.

04/23/2026

When people ask, “What do you want?” they often miss the point.

For people with misattributed parentage, DNA surpries, and others navigating reunion with newly found genetic family, the answer is not money, revenge, or disruption. It is connection. It is context. It is better understanding yourself. Knowing your medical history. It is the chance to know and be known-to be acknowledged.

Lisa Brenner Devlin took a DNA test on a lark. What she found was a story so unexpected, so layered, and at times so unb...
04/23/2026

Lisa Brenner Devlin took a DNA test on a lark. What she found was a story so unexpected, so layered, and at times so unbelievable that it became One Big Happy Family.

This is the first big-screen film to center a DNA surprise, exploring the real impact with honesty and care rather than using it as a plot twist.

In S1 E25 of Unraveling Me, Lisa shares how a DNA result that didn’t make sense unraveled everything she thought she knew—and how humor, storytelling, and time helped her make sense of it. Because sometimes the truth is so complicated, the only way to hold it is to tell it.

🎧 Listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s1e25-unraveling-lisa/id1851061932?i=1000763208060

This podcast is sponsored by DNAngels. If the podcast resonates for you please like it and/or leave a review... it helps others find their way here too.

04/22/2026

Imagine being asked regularly as a child, “Are you part of the family?”

What would that do to your sense of belonging?

Bruce grew up visibly different in a large family and carried that question long before he had answers.

DNA Day matters here in a way most people never think about.For many, a DNA test is a curiosity. Ethnicity estimates. Ma...
04/22/2026

DNA Day matters here in a way most people never think about.

For many, a DNA test is a curiosity. Ethnicity estimates. Maybe a few new relatives.

For our community, it is often the moment everything changes.

It is the day someone learns their father is not their biological parent.
The day siblings appear out of nowhere.
The day a lifelong feeling that something was “off” finally has an answer.

DNA doesn’t just tell you where you come from. It can reshape identity, family, and truth.

That is why DNA Day is not just about science for us. It is about honesty.
It is about access to our own biological information.
It is about ending the secrecy that has impacted adoptees, donor-conceived people, and NPEs for generations.

Everyone deserves the right to know where they come from.

If your DNA story is complicated, unexpected, or still unfolding, you are not alone.

Learn more, find support, and explore resources:
https://righttoknow.us

04/22/2026

DNA can do more than confirm what you already know. It can help fill in the missing pieces of your family story. In this blog post, see how Brian used both YDNA and autosomal DNA to uncover his wife’s 3x great-grandparents and move past a research gap that traditional records could not solve. https://hubs.la/Q04cKv0D0

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