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Fatherhood has changed me completely. – Mick Hucknall Join a clandestine life, often less than ideal Hunted by the qualm of pretending...

When I first learned I was an NPE, I was determined to never tell my dad (bcf) for several reasons. From my perspective, he was aging...

There is something immoral about abandoning your common sense in matters of social importance. ― A.E. Samaan My mother passed away in...

Not everyone will have this experience and for that I am grateful. For those who have felt the sting of rejection from family of origin...

No legacy is so rich as honesty. - William Shakespeare A quarter century ago, some close family friends adopted a baby girl from an Asian...

I have always hated my name. Our name is one of our earliest identities. Often provided to us even before we are born. Names can carry an...

“No, that is incidental.” - Dr. Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs Language matters. The medical literature oozes with terms of...

You may discover information about yourself that you, as well as your family, did not anticipate….As a user, you take responsibility for...

Even if the topic seems sensitive or embarrassing, it’s best to be honest and upfront with your health care provider. - National...

I don’t know how many of you have parented a nineteen-year-old college student but I am proud to say that we are almost through it. We...

Loss and grief is a universal experience. The topic of grief has been written about extensively, most notably by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross...

“I have a keen sense of the oblivious.” - Josh Stern The U.S. National Library of Medicine’s website, www.clinicaltrials.gov, is the...

Customer service calls to ancestry testing companies making the claim that the test has to be wrong are common. For better or worse, the...

A lawsuit is a fruit tree planted in a lawyer’s garden. - Italian Proverb I am not an attorney. I view attorneys the same way I view my...

When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie. - Yevgeny Yevtushenko As a young child, I was diagnosed with kidney disease. How...

The response to unexpected discoveries of previously unknown family is different for everyone. While not everyone has the same experience...