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Zygote Baby
Season 1 Episode 7
Jane Mintz's parents were forthright about her being adopted, but not about her birth mother's identity. As an adult, Jane found her biological mother and discovered many more secrets, the cost of ke…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
Little White Lie
Season 1 Episode 6
What if, as a child born into a white Jewish family, anytime someone remarked about your skin color, a story was told about a distant Sicilian grandfather? Even if it was obvious that wasn't the whol…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
A Joyful Heart
Season 1 Episode 5
Debbie Millman's story is one of extraordinary resilience in the face of trauma and the redemptive power of love and strength found in the unlikeliest of places. (Warning: this episode contains expli…
Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
Open Secret
Season 1 Episode 4
As a child, Steve Lickteig was told that he was adopted. But that didn't turn out to be entirely true, or even half of the story.
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Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
One Drop
Season 1 Episode 3
Imagine living in one of the whitest enclaves in America, so white that just four people of color were recorded by the census bureau. Now imagine that your father "slipped over the color line" to be …
Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
The Very Image
Season 1 Episode 2
Growing up Jim Graham never felt at home in his father's house. But it wasn't until he was well into adulthood that a family secret revealed why. For two decades Jim's tenacity led him through the ma…
Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
Inheritance
Season 1 Episode 1
Author Dani Shapiro reveals what it was like to, by chance, discover a shocking secret about herself, and what this secret taught her about identity, family, and new beginnings.
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Published on 6 years, 10 months ago
A Shock to the System
Dani Shapiro reveals what it feels like to uncover a family secret and how that secret leads to self-exploration.
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Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
Family Secrets: Season 1 Trailer
Season 1
Dani Shapiro dared to tell her family secret. In return, others told her theirs. Explore how family secrets shape us, distort us and … liberate us.
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Published on 7 years ago