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Patricia grew up in a home filled with love. Family stories cemented her sense of belonging and heritage. Recently, a growing interest in genealogy led her to do some research into her family ancestors. That exploration revealed a surprising truth...

Sue Ellen Holleman shares her perspectives on a secret her family held during the wonderful childhood she and her brothers knew in Long Beach, California in the 1940s. It wasn’t until she she was in college, and her father had...

Mary Caravalho's mother died young of cancer and Mary honored her mother by taking on her mother's role of staying in touch with her cousin Judy throughout Judy's life. Now Mary honors her cousin Judy by uncovering and telling the...

Sunnetta “Sunny” Slaughter (42) talks to her friend Tiffany Westry (23) about being a survivor of domestic violence, learning that her daughter was a victim of child molestation, and becoming a victim’s advocate.

Lois Hely was born May 17, 1950 in Darby, Pennsylvania. In a November 6, 2023 interview, she told some of the stories of her childhood, career and family life.

Ailee Tempest Branch (40) talks with her mother, Mo, aka, Lynett Swagerty Tempest (74) about the decision to adopt Ailee, her nature vs. nurture, Ailee's search for her birth mother (Janet), Ailee's attitude about her brain surgery and what Ailee...

Sisters Allison Scott (66) and Martha Stafford (60) discuss their father being convicted of sexual assault and the effect that it had on their family.

Nikki Stephens Diacon (53) interviews her husband, Johnnie Diacon (59), about his childhood, his art, and his connection to Muscogee culture. They also discuss their family's future, remember their two daughters who have passed away, and share their love for...

Lois Hely was born May 17, 1950 in Darby, Pennsylvania. In this interview with oral historian Susan Scott Peterson, she tells the story of a family secret her mother kept for decades.

Friends Andrea Knarr (78) and Eileen Baker (78) discuss both being adopted, their biological parents, Eileen’s parents nearly adopting Andrea, their children, and their search for their biological family.

In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Sonoma, California, Dani Grippi (14) interviews her mother Tina Grippi (56) about how being adopted affects her life. Tina has always known that she was adopted and is happy that things turned...

Mother and daughter Anna Pianfetti Echer (59) and Maggie Judson (40) discuss their family member Rose being placed into a mental institution at seventeen years old and never being seen or heard from again. Anna uncovered the truth about this...

Mother Cindy Wilson (64) and son Will Hussman (38) discuss the changes to their family structure, and what it has taught them.

Kelly Sloane, who was adopted, was able to find two biological sisters after not knowing they even existed. Kelly explains how it was crazy to find sisters after fifty years.

Nancy, a PACE nurse in Portland, shares with colleague and chaplain Abigil about what brought her to nursing. Nancy has been with Providence since July 2023.

Beth Clark (67) interviews her husband, Craig McDonnell (71), about the mystery of his father's hidden life.

Rick Bartl (62) speaks with conversation partner Franchesca Peña (28) on his childhood, coming out as gay to his parents, and uncovering a family secret that changed his life.