Family Twist: A Podcast Exploring DNA Surprises and Family Secrets
Family Twist shares real-life stories of DNA surprises, adoption, donor conception, NPE discoveries, and the secrets that reshape families. Hosted by Corey and Kendall Stulce, each episode explores what happens when the truth about identity, parentage, or family history comes to light. These revelations sometimes happen by choice, often by accident, and always with life-changing impact. Through candid conversations with adoptees, donor-conceived people, late-discovery NPEs, birth parents, and family members who are navigating unexpected truths, Family Twist looks beyond the initial shock. We explore what comes next. We talk about the relationships that grow or break, the boundaries that help or hurt, the grief that surfaces, and the unexpected connections that can heal. Kendall's personal journey plays an important role in the heart of the show. He was adopted at birth, searched for decades, and eventually discovered his biological family through a DNA test. His experience brings empathy, humor, and honesty to every conversation. Corey brings warmth and insight as the couple creates space for guests to share the real, complicated, hopeful, and often surprising moments behind their family twists. If you are searching for your people, untangling a difficult discovery, or simply fascinated by the truth behind modern families, this podcast will remind you that you are not alone and that your story matters. New episodes arrive every week, including in-depth interviews and shorter Story Snapshots that highlight powerful moments from our guests. Have a Family Twist of your own? Share it with us.
Episodes
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What happens when the biological father you expected to reject you never knew you existed?
In Part 1, Ashley learned through DNA testing t...
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What if a family photo made your friends ask the question no one in your family had ever answered?
Ashley grew up surrounded by fighting, ...
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Decades after Dixie went to live with relatives in Iowa, her biological sister Molly was still angry that they never grew up together. An...
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What happens when you discover a family secret, but the people who kept it never know you found out?
Anita Johnson’s mother, Dixie, ...
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Imagine learning at 52 that you were adopted because your mother’s oncologist casually mentioned it during a phone call.
Al Isaacs h...
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Nicole Davis had already found her biological mother’s side of the family years earlier, but she had pretty much given up on findin...
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Nicole Davis always knew she was adopted. What she didn’t know was how strange the story behind her adoption would look once she st...
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What does it mean to reclaim an Indigenous identity you didn’t have the opportunity to grow up with?
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Genetic sexual attraction is one of the most difficult and misunderstood possibilities that can emerge after biological family reunion. F...
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What happens when adoptive parents enter adoptee spaces and hear things that are difficult, angry or painful?
Charlyn Spiering doesn&rsquo...
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A baby abandoned on one of America's most historic days. A mystery that lasted nearly eighty years. Could modern DNA finally reveal the t...
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Most movies treat adoption, donor conception, or DNA discoveries as a plot twist. Then the credits roll. But for the people living these ...
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For years, Louise McLoughlin built her career telling other people's stories. Then she uncovered one she never expected: her own.
A...
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Finding your birth family is often portrayed as the ending of the story. For many adoptees, it's actually the beginning.
In this ep...
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What if you discovered your adoption was never legal?
This week, Corey and Kendall welcome adoptee, author, advocate, and National ...
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She didn't tell me we were Jewish.
Those seven words changed everything.
Author Joan Moran joins Corey and Kendall to discuss her re...
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Can horror movies actually help us heal?
In this special crossover episode with Horror Heals, Corey sits down for a conversation th...
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Julie Ann Brumley expected a DNA test to answer a few questions.
She didn't expect to find a sister, a 100% Italian biological fath...
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What happens when a mental health professional finds herself navigating a DNA surprise of her own?
In this deeply personal episode ...
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Nicole thought TikTok was being ridiculous. After posting wedding videos online, strangers flooded the comments insisting there wa...
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