It all started when Sigrid E. Johnson was 62. She got a call from an old friend, asking her to participate in a study about DNA ancestry tests and ethnic identity. She agreed.
Ms. Johnson thought she knew what the outcome would be. When she was 16, her mother told her that she had been adopted as an infant. Her biological mother was an Italian woman from So ... Show More
Jan 16
An I.V.F. Mix-Up and an Impossible Choice
For millions of families, in vitro fertilization is a modern medical miracle. But the field is largely unregulated, and for a small number of parents, things can go terribly wrong.Susan Dominus discusses her story about how two families navigated an unthinkable I.V.F. mistake tha ... Show More
46m 31s
Jan 15
Trump’s D.O.J. Went After the Fed. It Backfired.
The Trump administration’s decision to open a criminal investigation into the Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome H. Powell, has stunned the worlds of business and politics.Colby Smith and Glenn Thrush, who have been covering the news, discuss how the investigation came about, the p ... Show More
28m 15s
Feb 2022
Un test ADN a changé sa vie, Sophie Brugeille raconte
<p>En 2019, Sophie Brugeille offre à son fils passionné de génétique un kit de test ADN pour ses 14 ans. Quand les résultats arrivent, Sophie repère un nom qu’elle connaît dans la liste des personnes qui partagent l’ADN de son fils : celui d’un ancien collègue de sa mère. Bouleve ... Show More
21m 30s
Nov 2022
Transracial Adoption & Navigating Racial Identity
Transracial adoption has increased over the years and the experience of being raised by adoptive parents of a different race is not without complications. Host Roy Wood Jr. chats with author of the book, All You Can Ever Know, Nicole Chung, and author of the book, Surviving the W ... Show More
55m 26s