S2 #5: Connection, Questions & False Matches

S2 #5:联系、问题和错误匹配

You Look Like Me

社会与文化

2023-08-29

35 分钟
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In the final episode of season two, donor conceived journalist Louise McLoughlin speaks with people who found half-sibling matches — only to later discover that they weren't related at all. Meantime, as she meets her most recently-found half-sister, Louise reflects on the joys and complexities of an ever-growing sibling group. You can follow You Look Like Me on Twitter and Instagram: @YouLookLikeMe_ Louise is on Twitter @LouiseJoUK and Instagram @Loulou_Mclou #MyStoryNotMySecret And while you're here.... You Look Like Me is a labour of love from a two-person team, produced alongside our day jobs. It's also self-funded. If you want to support us you can buy us a coffee: http://ko-fi.com/youlooklikeme You Look Like Me is written and hosted by Louise McLoughlin. It is produced by Nathan Moore

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  • A quick note before we start, this podcast has a language warning because of course it does.

  • You look like me.

  • A podcast making sense of the life and families of donor conceived people.

  • From shady secrets to life changing discoveries.

  • This is a place for our stories.

  • So I'd grown up an only child and really all I ever wanted were siblings.

  • Anne and I just proceeded from that point.

  • Think we were sisters.

  • Hey, I just got my results and I'm looking at them and I would see you if we matched, right?

  • The floor just fell away from under me and I was completely in the dark.

  • It's sad that, like, one of the most exciting events that happened ended up just being this, like, total false match.

  • Welcome to episode five of the second season of youf Look Like Me.

  • I'm Louise McLachlan.

  • In the final episode of this series, I meet my newest half sibling.

  • Oh, my God, here we are again.

  • And I reflect on everything I've learned so far.

  • The biological links I've discovered and the clues I now have as to how many half siblings may be out there.

  • Actually, although I donated into clinics, they then sold my sperm on to other clinics.

  • And I speak to people who thought that their own search for a half sibling had come to an end, only to discover that they weren't related at all.

  • I'm in Colorado, usa.