Young Otieno and his mother Moraa lived in the shadow of a tragic accident. When Otieno hears a stranger hum a private song, ...

Family secrets are nothing new. It’s safe to say that almost every family has probably hidden something from others, and maybe even one another, out of fear, shame, self-protection or even love. Not ...

Dear Abby: I am a 38-year-old woman with a 21-year-old daughter, “Penny.” I got pregnant at 16 and was very much alone, with little help from those around me. For a variety of reasons, I decided not ...

I am on the other side of DNA Disaster’s situation. My father has five other children and a wife who, I’m fairly certain, are not aware of my existence. Although in an ideal world I would love to be ...

It took my mother getting Alzheimer’s for my siblings and me to learn the truth about our family and childhood. By Brett Paesel For years, the story that I built around my childhood and my parents’ ...