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And up next a story from one of our listeners, Jamie Scott.

Jamie now tells a story about how, because of a simple DNA test, his family went from two to 10 within the span of a few months.

Take it away, Jamie.

I've got an interesting story to tell you.

It's all about family.

You see, when I was born in September of 1963, I was put up for adoption.

I didn't realize this until years later, of course.

I was adopted by a wonderful man and woman, Ted and Sandra Scott, and I was raised in Concord, North Carolina, which is in Cabarris County and the beautiful heart of North Carolina

in the Piedmont region. Had a good raisin. They treated me good. They took care of me. They provided

for my knees, loved me to death, and treated me just like their own son.

See, mom and dad didn't think they could have any children, so when they adopted me,

they figured that I would be it.

However, my little brother surprised them a couple of years later and came along.

I found out when I was a few years old about my adoptions, a couple of years later and came along.

I found out when I was a few years old about my adoption because it was a mean lady that my mom worked with that one time said to me when I was about four or five years old that my mommy was not really my mommy.

You want to talk about breaking a kid. I didn't know what that happened. that my mommy was not really my mommy.

You want to talk about breaking a kid? I didn't know what that meant.

And of course I told my mom about it,

and she got very upset.

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