{"podcast":{"title":"Unraveling Me","slug":"unraveling-me-7569853","podcast_index_feed_id":7569853,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/690534bf3906f8011add9159","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/unraveling-me","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/690534bf3906f8011add9159/1764205341144-b718e518-900f-43d5-82d8-91561a3645ff.jpeg","author":"Kara Rubinstein-Deyerin & Alan Katz","episode_count":41,"summary":"Join host Kara Rubinstein Deyerin as she speaks with people who, like her, are impacted by NPE's (non-parental events), DNA surprises, adoption, assisted reproduction, or other unexpected information bombs that reveal the truth about who they are and their family relationships and secrets. As anyone who's ever experienced such an event can tell you, it separates you from you. From knowing your own story. In \"Unraveling Me\", Kara explores the myriad ways why knowing the truth about who you are and who your family is matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T16:19:46.198920+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unraveling-me-7569853"},"episode":{"title":"S1E36 Unraveling Steve & Becky","slug":"s1e36-unraveling-steve-becky","published_at":"2026-07-09T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unraveling-me-7569853/s1e36-unraveling-steve-becky","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unraveling-me-7569853","url":"https://shows.acast.com/unraveling-me/episodes/s1e36-unraveling-steve-becky","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/690534bf3906f8011add9159/e/6a3882964a187774acdca167/media.mp3","summary":"S1 E36 Unraveling Steve & Becky - Steve and Becky’s story is raw, funny, painful, and almost unbelievable—except it is true and documented. Their book, DNA Did Not Anticipate , takes readers even deeper into the twists, losses, discoveries, and moments of healing that followed Steve’s DNA surprise. It is part memoir, part mystery, and part roadmap for anyone trying to make sense of a truth they never saw coming. Steve thought he was taking a DNA test to explore the Native American ancestry he had always been told was part of his story. Instead, his results revealed a first cousin in Prince Edward Island, Canada, a match that made no sense with his Kentucky-based family history. What followed was a life-is-stranger-than-fiction unraveling. With the help of his wife Becky, a part-time genealogist, Steve began uncovering hidden family secrets, a father he never knew, and pieces of his mother’s past that completely changed how he understood his own story. SHOW NOTES In this conversation, Kara, Steve, and Becky discuss: Taking a DNA test to search for Native American ancestry Discovering people who did not fit in your known family tree The moment we realize we’re not who we thought we were How a spouse’s support can be key in processing a DNA surprise Seeing himself reflected in a picture of your father for the first time The shock, grief, anger, shame, and eventual peace from an NPE How DNA surprises ripple through spouses, children, siblings, and extended family Rewriting how you look at family Writing their book, DNA Did Not Anticipate This episode is about family, marriage, loss, humor, identity, and the kind of truth that leaves people saying, “You can’t make this stuff up.” Everyone has the right to know the truth about where they come from. Unraveling Me speaks t…","meta_description":"S1 E36 Unraveling Steve & Becky - Steve and Becky’s story is raw, funny, painful, and almost unbelievable—except it is true and documented. Their book…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4010,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unraveling-me-7569853/episodes/s1e36-unraveling-steve-becky/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unraveling-me-7569853/s1e36-unraveling-steve-becky.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}