Resources

 

Resources for DNA discoveries

 

Books

Ambiguous Loss

Ancestry Quest

Could the DNA Test Be Wrong?

DNA Guide for Adoptees

Haiku Inspired by DNA [free, downloadable]

Inheritance

Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency

Telling and Talking [disclosing donor conception to adult]

The Lost Family

The Adoption Reunion Survival Guide

Educational paths for therapists

https://mpe-education.org/

Independent (non-Facebook) options for support and education

LIT Academy

Donor Conceived Community

Facebook groups

NPE FRIENDS FELLOWSHIP - For access to a variety of Facebook groups for DNA discoveries, first search Facebook for “NPE Gateway”

DNAngels NPE Support Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/dnangelssupportgroup

Donor Conceived People, Siblings, Parents, and Donors (Sperm, Egg, Embryo)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/DonorConceived

Mindful NPE

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2673939106021267

MPE Cross Cultural Connections

https://www.facebook.com/groups/463672101233690

NPE Only: After the Discovery

https://www.facebook.com/groups/NPEOnlyAftertheDiscovery

Severance (Adoptees, NPEs, Donor-Conceived & Other Identity Seekers)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/402792990448461

This MPE Life

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thismpelife

 

Podcasts - search on any listening platform by name

DNA Clarity and Support

DNA Today

Family Secrets

Everything’s Relative

NPE Stories

Patient Stories with Grey Genetics

Sex, Lies & The Truth

Suddenly Family

The Beagle Has Landed 

Magazines

We Are Donor Conceived (order here on https://www.wearedonorconceived.com)

Severance Magazine

https://www.severancemag.com 

 

Advocacy Groups

Coalition for Genetic Truth on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genetictruth

U.S. Donor Conceived Council

https://www.usdcc.org/

Right to Know

www.RightToKnow.us

 

Biological Family Search support

Adoption Network Cleveland

DiscoverFamily.net

DNAngels

 

Therapy, counseling, and coaching

For DNA discoveries, we recommend searching for professionals who have backgrounds in attachment theory, somatic experiencing, EMDR, grief and trauma recovery, psychobiological approaches to therapy, assisted/third party reproduction, and adoption-competence.

Emerging research suggests not every person with a DNA discovery has a negative experience and your needs for support might differ from others. Please use this list as guidance and not an endorsement of services.

Advocate Genetics

GenomeMedical

Grey Genetics

International Association of Trauma Recovery Coaching

Mariposa Centervirtual group therapy for DNA discoveries

PsychologyToday.com 

ThePACTInstitute.com (couples therapy)

MPE Counseling (formerly NPE Counseling)

Watershed DNA 

 

*This listing is a growing repository of available resources for people with DNA discoveries and is not inclusive of every available resource. Watershed DNA is independent and not affiliated with any of the above-listed resources. Watershed DNA founder Brianne Kirkpatrick hosts DNA Clarity and Support and hosts the Writing is Healing course on LIT Academy. Check back often for updates.