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Missing Pieces - NPE Life

Missing Pieces - NPE Life is a podcast that curates stories of and about people who find out, usually through a home DNA test, that someone in their family tree isn't who they thought. We also tell stories of adoptees who've found lost family, or are looking.  The host, Don Anderson, found out in 2021 that his dad wasn't his dad. It changed his life. All of the sudden the missing pieces fell into place. Our first episode will drop on May 13, 2022.  NPE stands for Not Parent Expected or Non Paternity Event.

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Update frequency
every 15 days
Average duration
50 minutes
Episodes
75
Years Active
2022 - 2025
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Anonymous NPE

Anonymous NPE

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Welcome to season 3 ep 8 Anonymous NPE. My guest wanted to be anonymous as to not hurt anyone involved. I can really personally relate to this story. There are many similarities between her's and m…

00:54:19  |   Sun 13 Aug 2023
Mixed Race Farmer's Daughter

Mixed Race Farmer's Daughter

Continuing the theme from the last episode, we hear another story of someone who finds out they're mixed race. Jodi grew up in a small town in Iowa. She excelled at school and sports hoping people wo…

00:58:25  |   Thu 27 Jul 2023
Incognito with Michael Fosberg

Incognito with Michael Fosberg

Michael Fosberg went on a search for the dad he never knew. The dad he had never asked about. And he found him rather easily BUT he got a huge surprise. One that sent his life in a new direction.

Mic…

00:31:28  |   Thu 20 Jul 2023
Soul Cousins

Soul Cousins

Kate was born in France to Portuguese parents. But she didn't look like anyone else in her family. Her whole life, everyone thought she was Mideastern or North African. Turns out, they were right.

Ent…

00:59:14  |   Mon 03 Jul 2023
Aussie Girl

Aussie Girl

Today on Missing Pieces NPE Life we have our first Aussie NPE.  Woohoo!!! Suzan is from down under and she has a total of 4 NPEs in her story. Four in the same family.  Crazy. 


Dive in and have a list…

00:52:34  |   Thu 15 Jun 2023
Moment of Truth

Moment of Truth

Moment of Truth... Today on Missing Pieces we have 5 stories that all focus on that moment when we find out the truth for the very first time. Rather it be that moment when we find out we are an NPE …

00:48:11  |   Thu 08 Jun 2023
Norwegian Girl

Norwegian Girl

Today a touching episode about Patty, a woman who meets her father for the very first time on a trip to the north of Norway. But in order to accomplish that, 3 people she's never met and My Heritage …

00:40:26  |   Sat 27 May 2023
Not Brother Expected

Not Brother Expected

Today on our podcast we have the very talented Laura House. She's a TV writer, comic and podcast host. She's hilarious. And her little brother Jeremy is also joining us. This is the story of how they…

00:50:33  |   Tue 16 May 2023
Double NPE

Double NPE

Hi everyone. In this very special episode we hear from Sherri, a double NPE. She found out her dad wasn't her biological dad  and went through all of those emotions ...and then did it again.

To get i…

00:46:54  |   Wed 03 May 2023
Bro-mance

Bro-mance

On today's episode we have Anthony, an NPE whose mom left him for good when he was 6 months old. Anthony's life has been an amazing journey including a pretty successful stint as a musician, mostly i…

01:14:03  |   Mon 24 Apr 2023
Autumn Part 2

Autumn Part 2

We continue with the rest pf Autumn's story. We hear how that fateful Father's Day weekend turned out. And how her relationship is today with her and her bio-father and other new found family.

Look fo…

00:50:17  |   Mon 10 Apr 2023
Autumn Moon

Autumn Moon

On this episode we hear from Autumn. an NPE with an incredible story. Raised by a single mother in Peoria Ill,  she didn't find out her NPE surprise until after her mom has passed.

Follow me on instag…

00:59:15  |   Mon 03 Apr 2023
The New Puppy Gets Old

The New Puppy Gets Old

In this episode we talk to 2 NPEs both of whom had amazing explosive relationships when they first found new siblings. But then, years later, things have taken a turn. For the worse. Join us on The N…

00:51:37  |   Wed 22 Mar 2023
A Conversation With Nikki

A Conversation With Nikki

On this episode I have a great conversation with Nikki Semanchik. She's not an NPE but gets a huge DNA surprise when her brother goes on 23 and me.

Nikki reached out to me last year, her husband Mike…

00:51:57  |   Tue 14 Feb 2023
The Spouses Speak

The Spouses Speak

On today's episode we hear from the other side. The Spouses. NPE Spouses. We hear the story through their eyes.

In the first segment Lily Wood of NPE Stories interviews Don's Wife, Lisa and hears wha…

01:03:40  |   Wed 08 Feb 2023
Pat - A Birth Mother

Pat - A Birth Mother

Welcome to Season 2 Episode 6   Pat - A Birth Mother. Could an adoption, being an NPE and switched at birth all happen in the same story? Please join Pat as she tells this amazing yet heartbreaking s…

00:43:41  |   Tue 31 Jan 2023
All About Don

All About Don

Some new info has sprung up in my NPE world. Another possible NPE in my family. Not one of my siblings but one of my parent's siblings. Possible siblings..And also my dad has been questioning if I am…

00:42:37  |   Thu 19 Jan 2023
Not Quite a Synanon Kid

Not Quite a Synanon Kid

In this episode I combine my two creative obsessions. NPE and Synanon. My guest is Sari Crawford and she's the host of the hit podcast The Sunshine Place, which tells the story of the rehab/commune/c…

00:45:22  |   Tue 03 Jan 2023
Better To Have Loved And Lost

Better To Have Loved And Lost

In this episode Melissa and her daughter Betty tell the story of how they found Melissa's dad. And then lost him again. Being an NPE is never easy but this story is heartbreaking really. 

Due to legal…

00:57:54  |   Sun 25 Dec 2022
Art Sisters

Art Sisters

Welcome to Season 2 Episode 2 - Art Sisters. On today's show I introduce two women who find out they are connected by DNA but also that they share things that really make us question if Nurture has a…

00:44:20  |   Sun 06 Nov 2022
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