Credit to: NPE/MPE Cooperative Group

A Cooperative of Resources for NPEs (Not Parent Expected)* and MPEs (Misattributed Parentage Event)

The following authors, Facebook group leaders, organization founders, helping professionals, and media creators are working together to share resources for NPEs and MPEs. You can help by joining, subscribing, following and engaging on social media, and otherwise spreading the word to make these resources more widely available to your fellow NPEs/MPEs.

BOOKS

Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love, by Dani Shapiro

Website: https://danishapiro.com

Twitter @danijshapiro

Instagram: @daniwriter

The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are, by Libby Copeland

Website: https://libbycopeland.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LibbyCopelandAuthor

Twitter: @libbycopeland

Instagram: @libbycopeland

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION

Coalition for Genetic Truth

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genetictruth

Twitter: @GeneticTruth

Instagram: @genetic_truth

FACEBOOK GROUPS (PRIVATE AND SECRET)

Coalition for Genetic Truth

https://www.facebook.com/groups/272253974066160

Twitter: @GeneticTruth

Instagram: @genetic_truth

DNAngels NPE Support Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/dnangelssupportgroup

Twitter: @DNAngels4

Instagram: @dnangelsorg

DNA Surprises Support Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1798909400175879/

Donor Conceived People, Siblings, Parents, and Donors (Sperm, Egg, Embryo)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/DonorConceived

The Mindful NPE

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2673939106021267

Twitter: @TheMindfulNPE

Instagram: @themindfulnpe

MPE Cross Cultural Connections

https://www.facebook.com/groups/463672101233690

MPE/NPE Counseling Collective

Websites:

https://npecounseling.org

https://mpecounseling.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/297628778008805

NPE Only: After the Discovery

https://www.facebook.com/groups/NPEOnlyAftertheDiscovery

Twitter: @NPEsOnly1

Instagram: @npesonly

Severance (Adoptees, NPEs, Donor-Conceived & Other Identity Seekers)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/402792990448461

This MPE Life

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thismpelife

WatershedDNA

Website: https://www.watersheddna.com

Twitter: @GCBrianne

Instagram: @watersheddnaofficial

SEARCH ANGELS

DNAngels

Website: https://www.dnangels.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dnangels.org

Twitter: @DNAngels4

Instagram: @dnangelsorg

THERAPY AND COUNSELING/TRAINING

MPE/NPE Counseling Collective

Website: https://npecounseling.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/297628778008805

Parental Identity Discovery

Website: https://www.jkrabb.com/professional-development

Instagram: @jkrabbmft

*This listing is not inclusive of all available resources specifically for NPEs/MPEs. There are numerous groups, books, websites, podcasts etc. for NPEs, donor-conceived individuals, adoptees, and late-discovery adoptees, as well as those pertaining to DNA, genetic genealogy, family secrets, and more. Look for these additional resources at Right to Know, SeveranceMag, and in the files of the various Facebook groups and the websites of the other individuals and organizations listed above.