Linda Buckley was in touch with the show to share her story of her mother who, was a foundling baby abandoned in the UK at just a few days old in 1939. She died not knowing who she was. It was a secret that tormented her for her whole life. After her death Linda and her sisters did a simple DNA test and found her birth family.
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Today
Do we need age-friendly parking spaces?
Car parks cater to different groups; we have family and disabled spaces, but do we also need age-friendly spaces?Joining guest host Clare McKenna to discuss is Ursula Hough Gormley, who wrote in to the Irish Times today about her parking experiences, Town planner Derek Whyte and ... Show More
16m 22s
Yesterday
Minister Patrick O'Donovan on proposed social media restrictions
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed banning children under 13 from accessing social media, online games and chatbots. Minister for Arts, Culture, Communications, Media and Sport Patrick O'Donovan joined Andrea to discuss the proposed social media restricti ... Show More
19m 25s
Dec 2023
What it's like to find your birth parent | Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi
In Britain, one-fourth of people who were adopted make contact with their birth parents before they turn 18. In this episode of Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi, another podcast from the TED Audio Collective, guest host Saleem Reshamwala meets Amanda, a Dominican woman who was adop ... Show More
21m 6s
Feb 2023
The mystery of the tartan twins
A baby left in a car, another in a telephone box. It would take decades to find out why.When he was just a baby, David McBride made headline news in Northern Ireland. He had been discovered in the front seat of a stranger’s car, with no trace of who had left him there or why. Dav ... Show More
42 m
Nov 2022
Encore: Who's Your Daddy?
<p>When Steve Lickteig turned 18, he learned that his mother and father, who he thought were his adoptive parents, are in fact his biological grandparents. With the advent of affordable DNA testing and companies like 23andMe, more and more people are having revelations like Mr. L ... Show More
40m 44s
Nov 2025
Encore: Ep. 6 - Kristine's DNA Bombshell
Hey, Fellow Travelers. This week, we explore what happens when a DNA test reveals a shocking surprise. Kristine was adopted and had always hoped to find her biological parents—and in her early twenties, she did. But there was a secret that she—and her biological father—didn't kno ... Show More
46m 48s