Broken Branches

Andrea was adopted at birth through Catholic Social Services in southeast Michigan. Her adoptive parents told her the truth about her adoption but didn't have any information on her birth parents. When Andrea was 23, her adopted parents passed away Avery young ages. Andrea later decided to petition the Court to have her adoption file opened. From it she learned her birth mom's identity. Fast forward 20 years and Andrea still yearned to know the identity of her biological father. A high school friend introduced her to Robyn Banks -here is Andrea's story.

My guest discusses her shocking results from an at-home DNA test and the search to identify her biological father.

Tonya describes a childhood with a mother who suffered from untreated mental illness and what it was like discovering her previously unknown biological father was alive. WARNING: Adult language and adult content.

Guest Cheryl realized something is amiss when she compared her DNA results to that of her brother and, later on, her youngest sister and has to break the news to the family.

Cheryl shares the pain of her 10 year estrangement from her adult daughter and how time doesn't necessarily heal everything.

Tamara describes her 4-year long DNA revelation story and how it has impacted her life and Robyn explains her DNA discovery.

Welcome to Broken Branches. Broken Branches is a podcast about DNA discoveries, parents who have estranged relationships with their adult children and the adult children who distanced themselves from their parents, infertility and donor conceived children and the parents who raised them, and the delicate imbalance of work/life relationships.