BY KARA, MEMBER My name’s Kara and I’m a NPE. When people ask me what NPE stands for, I tell them “Not Parent Expected” and then add, “it’s complicated,” because it is. I was born in Seattle to a single mom. My dad, who’d cleaned himself up briefly had relapsed into...
BY, MICHELLE MATTINGLY I looked into the mirror, wondered what I’d see. Would I see a stranger, looking back at me? I searched there for some feature, Some hidden clue to me. If only I looked deep enough, Surely I would see. I’ve seen this picture many...
BY STEVEN KING, MEMBER A Non- Paternity Event (“NPE”) was originally the term used to explain the break in the paternal line for a male. In genetics and genealogy, the term signified that a person’s attributed father was not their biological father and that the family...
BY CATHERINE ST CLAIR FOUNDER, NPE FRIENDS FELLOWSHIP I’ve thought a lot about this the past few days. No one enjoys being rejected. But, I think NPEs have a really raw place in our hearts filled with fear and dread of being rejected. It is only natural. We want...
