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Hello, I’m Stacy, the host of Mothers, Lies and DNA Surprises Podcast. Thank you for being here. Today I am sharing Marysol’s story!

It is important to me that everyone who shares their story is able to share it their way, today Marysol shares her story from her writings, it was very important to her to make sure she didn’t lose track of her thoughts so this was her way of honoring her story. Once she finishes her writings we do have a very candid conversation.

Here is a trigger warning-Marysol mentions childhood sexual abuse and possible sexual assault, please proceed with caution if any of this is a trigger for you.

Marysol shares her feelings of being raw, uncomfortable in her own skin, disillusionment after a random phone call when she was 20 and how she was unable to discuss it any further with her mother until taking a 23andMe test some years later and learning she is no longer half Puerto Rican, her identify shift along with her mother’s lack of information left her reeling.

One phrase that Marysol uses is it felt like a “brain leech” and this is a great way to explain how a tiny bit of information can continue to consume us, even if it’s small amounts over years….we never forget!

As a woman who identified as a strong Puerto Rican she shares how her ethnicity shift comes up every day for her, how this has been the most overwhelming part for her on a day to day basis.

Marysol makes the comment that she doesn’t know how to define what is a lie and what is a truth anymore…..this statement is something that I believe so many of us who have had a DNA surprise can relate to.

And as you will hear, Marysol daydreams of an epic apology from her mother, I personally felt this, this grown woman wishes for that too, for myself and for all of us!

Marysol is open to connecting via email at handsoftheearth@gmail.com or on your Instagram @handsoftheearth.

Thank you again Marysol for sharing your story so eloquently with us!

Books referenced:

By Caroline Foster and Caroline Foster

By Lindsay C. Gibson

Previous podcast Marysol has done with Lily Wood on NPE Stories:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marysols-story/id1464478802?i=1000552376224

Music is "Drown in your Lies" by NoxAwake via Pixabay