You're listening to an I-Heart podcast.

I'm Lori Gottlieb.

I'm the author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, and I write the Dear Therapist

Advice column for The Atlantic.

And I'm Guy Wynch.

I'm the author of Emotional First Aid, and I write the Dear Guy advice column for Ted, and

this is Dear Therapists.

Each week we invite you into a real session where we help people confront their biggest problems

and then give them actionable advice and hear about the changes they've made in their lives.

So sit back and welcome to today's session.

This week, we're in session with sisters, Sandra and Kim,

who discover a family secret that their parents held for 60 years. I internally just felt like

there's something that's not right here. We were asked our whole lives if we had the same parents.

First, a quick note, Dear dear therapist is for informational purposes only.

It does not constitute medical or psychological advice and is not a substitute for professional

health care advice diagnosis or treatment.

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and we may edit it for length and clarity.

In the sessions you'll hear, all names have been changed for the privacy of our guests.

Hi, Guy. Hi, Lori. So who do we have visiting us this week? Well, this week we have two sisters,

and their names are Sandra and Kim, and their letter goes like this.

Dear Therapists, my sister and I very recently found out that we are donor conceived through two

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