Why Aren't You Living Your Dream Life Yet? A Birthday, a DNA Test, and What I Found
Almost exactly a year ago, a DNA test I almost didn't take turned up a brother I never knew I had. On the eve of my birthday, I'm telling the story and the harder truth I found on the other side of it.
This is a birthday episode, but it's not really about turning a year older. It's about what happened when a chance DNA test (thank you, ex-boyfriend convinced I was a Viking princess) turned into an email from a full biological brother, then a sister, then an entire family I'd spent my life wondering about. I went to Massachusetts and Maine to meet them. I'm sharing what I found, the reunion…
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