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It's In Your DNA
by Daphne Howell
"It's In Your DNA" is a heartwarming podcast that celebrates the unexpected beauty in every adoption and DNA discoveries to surprising reunions and nontraditional family family journeys, we explore the moments that bring healing, hope, and even a few laughs. Hosted by an adoptee who found both biological parents, this show is a reminder that no matter how your story began, love always finds a way. Whether you're walking through it yourself or just love a good, feel good story...you're in the right place.
Episodes
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The Truth That Changed Everything
Dawn grew up oversees in Kenya with the parents who raised her-until one quiet realization changed everything: she didn't look like them. That question led her to uncover her adoption, find both of her birth parents, and build a life changing relationship with her birth father that continues…
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The Twins Who Made Her a Mom
After 17 years of infertility and PCOS, Jennifer never imagined motherhood would come through a miracle adoption or that it would be twins. In this episode, she shares the moment their birth mom chose them, what t was like bringing both girls home from the hospital, and the unexpected twists that...
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My Babysitter Was My Mom. My Brother Was My Dad.
At nine years old, Theresa learned the truth that changed everything, the woman she knew as her babysitter was actuall her biological mother, and the "brother" she grew up with was her father. Raised by grandparents, she was given stability and love, but also carried a secret she didn't ask for.…
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Saying Yes to Fostering: Sarah's Story of Grace in the Gaps
When Sarah said yes to fostering, she had no idea how much it would change her heart, and her definition of family. A mom of two biological boys, she and her husband opened their hoe to children from newborns to teens, each one leaving a lasting mark. In this episode, Sarah shares the highs and...
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When the Truth Finds You
When Cynthia began to unravel her family's past, she discovered more then she ever expected...pain,love, and ultimately, peace. This moving episode she shares how uncovering her story led to healing and understanding, and how God uses even the quiet parts of our stories for good.
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The Three Sisters: And Then There Were Four
After our mom passed away, my sisters and I thought we knew every part of her story — until our aunt shared a secret that changed everything. In this powerful episode, all three of us come together to talk about the moment we found out we had another sister — one who had been adopted at birth...
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A Tribute to My Mom: Love, Legacy, and Peace
After taking a few weeks away, I am back with the most personal episode I have ever shared. In this special tribute, I read the eulogy I wrote and shared at my mom's Celebration of Life. This time with a little more peac and perspective. You will hear the story of a woman whose love shaped my…
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From Adoptee to Adoptive Mom: A Journey of Search, Discovery & Family
Her search began with loss, but led to discovery and to motherhood in a whole new way: At 15, she lost the mother who gave her life. Before ancestory she was led to the exact drawer of the records that revealed birth family. Meeting her biological siblings was both healing and complicated, but it...
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Morgan's Open Adoption Journey:From Teen Mom to Lifelong Family
At just 17 years old, Morgan faced an unexpected pregnancy while finishing high school and dreaming of college. With courage and love, she chose adoption, not as an ending but as the beginnng of a beautiful open adoption journey. In this episode, Morgan shares how placing her son with a loving...
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Protected by Grace: Morgan's Adoption Journey
Morgan grew up in what looked like a picture perfect childhood-successful, supported, and loved. Something always felt a little off. She never had baby photos, only photos starting at age four. At 23 years old, Morgan learned the truth. She had been adopted after living in foster care for the…
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Adopted Twice, A Father Missing, and God's Timing-Donna's DNA Story
Today's conversation with Donna feels like a string of divine appointments. We discovered that both of our fathers were stationed at the same Air Force base and that we were both conceived in Omaha, Nebraska. We also share another tender thead, mothers who battled glioblastoma and in a wild…
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Why Won't Anyone Just Tell Me?
Jacy and her identicl twin sister always never knew who their birth father was but never asked until age 23. DNA revealed the truth her mother still denies, and the man she reached out to refuses to speak. Left with silennce instead of answers, she's still asking: Why won't anyone just tell me?...
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Stolen by Georgia Tann: A Daughter's Search for the Truth
When sisters set out to trace their father's DNA, they expected to find famiy. Instead, they uncovered one of the darkest secrets in American adoption history. Their father was a "Georgia Tann baby", stolen from his mother in the 1940's by the woman who ran one of the first large scale child...
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God's Hand in Both Stories: Adoptee and Birth Mother
In this moving episode of It's In Your DNA, Beth shares a layered adoption story like no other. Adopted at birth and raised in a family where she never quite fit in, Beth's early years were filled with pain, escape, and hardship. At 20, facing her own crisis and without support, she made the...
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Twice Given Away, Twice Found: Marcus's Journey to Family
Marcus's story begins with loss-given up by his biological mother at one year old, then placed back into foster care after his first adoption fell through. For years, he longed for stability until he was finally adopted at age five by his parents who gave him a loving home. As an adult, Marcus's...
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The DNA Test That Changed Everything: Jennifer's Accidental Discovery
For 40 years, Jennifer believed she knew who her father was, until an accidental DNA test revealed a shocking truth. In this emotional episode, she shares how her world was turned upside down, the heartbreak of uncovering a family secret, and the journey of finding peace through faith. Her story…
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A 20 Year Search for Answers: Letters, Silence, and the Ache to Know Where You Come From
In this emotional episode, Ashley opens up about her journey to find her birth family. with unanswered questions and prayers still waiting, her story remind us God is present even in the waiting.
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From Grief to Grace
After enduring multiple miscarriages and seasons of unimaginable grief, one woman discovered not only the medical reason behind her losses, but also the redemptive hand of god in forming her family through embryo and egg adoption. In this tender, faith filled episode, she shares how her…
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Two Worlds, One Family: Sydney and Her Mom's Story of Korean Adoption
Sydney was adopted from Korea as a baby, and the moment she met her mom and dad in the U.S., an instant connetion was formed. In this heartfelt conversation, Syd and her mom share what international adoption looked like from both perspectives-how love built their family and how Sydney continues…
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The Truth in a Photo
Angela spent decades believing one thing, until one day she finally ask her mother the question that changed everything: "Who is my real dad?" After years of secrecy and silence, her search for the truth led to a single photo of the man she never knew and the peace she had been missing. This is...
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A Love Story Written in Faith: "The Tyler Lamb Story"
The story of Tyler Lamb's adoption, where love, courage, and faith brought two families together for the sake of one child's future.
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A Willing Vessel: God's Hand in Three Open Adoptions
In this episode, I'm joined by a woman whose story is unlike any we've shared before. She wasn't adopted, and she didn't adopt-but she was divinely placed in the middle of three open adoptions, playing a key role in connectin g families and bringing hope where it was needed most. An powerful...
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The Face Behind the Search: Finding the Mother She never Knew
In this emotionsal episode, Melissa shares a story of courage and heartbreak. When she finally traced her biological mother only to find that she had passed, but leading her to a beatiful new chapter of her life with her biological siblings. Her journey is one of longing, identity, and the need…
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An Adoption Journey: A Story of Searching and Strength
Melissa shares a powrful story of strength and courge, one marked by rejection, redemption, and an unexpected connectiom that changed everything. Her journey is one of raw honesty and quiet strength, ultimately finding God's grace in an unlikely place.
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A Mother's Heart-When Faith Meets the Timing of Adoption
In this heartfelt episode of Adoption: It's in your DNA, my guest shares her beautiful journey through motherhood, faith, blending a family and adopting two children, one through a closed adoption and the other open. What unfolds is a powerful story of discernment and divine timing. She opens up...
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Adopted at Birth-My Story of Identity, Faith, and finding Peace
In this premiere episode of Adopted at Birth, I share my own adoption story, a journey that's unfolded over 54 years and led me to both of my biological parents. But this story isn't just about finding them. It's about something deeper: finding peace, finding closure, and trusting that God was in...
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Welcome to "It's In Your DNA"
"It's In Your DNA" is a heartwarming podcast that celebrates the unexpected beauty in every family story. From adoption and DNA discoveries to surprising reunions and nontraditional family journeys, we explore the moments that bring healing, hope, and even a few laughs. Hosted by an adoptee who...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
"It's In Your DNA" is a heartwarming podcast that celebrates the unexpected beauty in every adoption and DNA discoveries to surprising reunions and nontraditional family family journeys, we explore the moments that bring healing, hope, and even a few laughs. Hosted by an adoptee who found both biological parents, this show is a reminder that no matter how your story began, love always finds a way. Whether you're walking through it yourself or just love a good, feel good story...you're in the right place.
HOSTED BY
Daphne Howell
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"It's In Your DNA" is a heartwarming podcast that celebrates the unexpected beauty in every adoption and DNA discoveries to surprising reunions and nontraditional family family journeys, we explore the moments that bring healing, hope, and even a few laughs. Hosted by an adoptee who found both...
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It's In Your DNA is created and hosted by Daphne Howell.
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