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What happens when DNA changes everything you thought you knew about your family?

This is a story about DNA discovery, family history, genetic genealogy, biological parents, generational cycles, unexpected relatives, and the search for the truth.

Found with Trish & Sherri — Everybody has a story.
Adoption • DNA • Family • Reunion • Identity

If you have a related story you'd like to share, please send us an email at foundwithtrishandsherri@gmail.com and you could be part of an upcoming episode.

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Anne was adopted as a baby and raised by a farming couple in rural Nebraska. Growing up, she was told that she was of European descent with some Indigenous American ancestry. But Anne always had questions about where she came from and what made her unique.

At 26, Anne contacted Catholic Social Services—the organization her adoptive parents had used for her adoption—and began the search for her birth parents.
What she discovered would change the way she understood her identity forever.

In this episode of Found with Trish and Sherri, Anne shares her journey as an adoptee, discovering her racial identity, searching for her birth parents, navigating the complicated emotions surrounding what her adoptive parents knew, and finding connection with the family she had spent so many years wondering about.

This is a story about adoption, identity, ancestry, family secrets, birth parents, racial identity, reunion, and discovering who you really are.

If you are an adoptee, birth parent, adoptive parent, or someone searching for biological family, Anne’s story may resonate with you.

If you have a story about adoption, DNA discovery, finding your birth family, reunion, or discovering something unexpected about your identity, we would love to hear from you.
Send us an email at foundwithtrishandsherri@gmail.com. You could be part of a future episode and have the opportunity to share your story with others who may be walking a similar journey.

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In episode 21 of Found with Trish and Sherri, Leigh Ann shares what it was really like navigating DNA results for the first time—confusing terminology, unanswered messages, and uncertainty about what she was even looking for. With help from her brother, everything changes in a single phone call at work: the woman she messaged isn’t just a match… she’s her sister.

What follows is shock, laughter, and the careful emotional weight of reaching out to someone who may have no idea you exist. This segment captures the raw reality of discovering biological family through DNA and the vulnerability of making first contact.


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In this episode of Found with Trish and Sherri, we talk with Chris — a longtime friend who was inspired by us to take a DNA test and begin his own search for his biological family.

Chris’s journey led him to find his biological father first, then later his biological mother. While those initial reunions were emotional and hopeful, building lasting family bonds after more than four decades apart hasn’t been easy.

We talk about what it’s really like to find your biological family later in life — the excitement, the awkwardness, the expectations, and the reality that DNA can connect people, but relationships take work.

Would you like to share your own DNA reunion story with us? Is there a topic would you like to hear discussed in future episodes?
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In this deeply personal episode, Trish and Sherri revisit the morbid fears many adoptees wrestle with before searching: What if we find them too late? What if we’re related to someone we once dated? What if we’re the product of something dark, or blamed for ruining lives?
They also explore the unexpected blessings that came with using a DNA kit: discovering new siblings, finally feeling like they fit somewhere, uncovering crucial medical information, learning their family history, and deepening their friendship through it all.
What started as a simple search turned into an emotional journey filled with revelations, heartbreak, and healing. For many, the question remains—why search at all? Trish and Sherri share what they found in the process: truth, connection, and the power of knowing where you come from.

Would you like to share your own DNA reunion story with us? Is there a topic would you like to hear discussed in future episodes?
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