S2 #5: Connection, Questions & False Matches

In the final episode of season two, donor conceived journalist Louise McLoughlin speaks with people who found half-sibling matches — only to later discover that they weren't related at all. Meantime, as she meets her most recently-found half-sister, Louise reflects on the joys and complexities of an ever-growing sibling group. You can follow You Look Like Me on Twitter and Instagram: @YouLookLikeMe_ Louise is on Twitter @LouiseJoUK and Instagram @Loulou_Mclou #MyStoryNotMySecret And while you're here.... You Look Like Me is a labour of love from a two-person team, produced alongside our day jobs. It's also self-funded. If you want to support us you can buy us a coffee: http://ko-fi.com/youlooklikeme or set up a recurring donation in an amount of your choice here: https://www.patreon.com/YouLookLikeMe You Look Like Me is written and hosted by Louise McLoughlin. It is produced by Nathan Moore

In this bonus episode, Louise launches her 'Send This To...' series, where she speaks with Neil, a sperm donor and her biological father, about his motivations for donating in the 80s and 90s, and his experience of no longer being anonymous. As the title suggests, the idea is to ‘send this to’ anyone it could be relevant for. Welcome to our first episode, ‘Send This To... A Donor’. 'Send This To...' is written, produced, and hosted by Louise McLoughlin. You can follow You Look Like Me on Twitter and Instagram: @YouLookLikeMe_ Louise is on Twitter and Instagram @LouiseJoUK And while you're here.... You Look Like Me is a labour of love from a two-person team, produced alongside our day jobs. It's also self-funded. If you want to support us you can buy us a coffee: http://ko-fi.com/youlooklikeme or set up a recurring donation in an amount of your choice here: https://www.patreon.com/YouLookLikeMe

Journalist Louise McLoughlin delves deeper into one of the darkest corners of the fertility industry to uncover what happens when male fertility doctors betray their patients in unimaginable ways.  In this episode, Louise speaks with doctor-conceived half-sisters Eve Wiley and Jessica Stavena, doctor-conceived Kat Palmer, and law professor and an expert on fertility fraud, Jody Madeira. You can read more about their stories here: Eve and Jessica's story: https://www.texasobserver.org/fertility-fraud-east-texas-kim-mcmorries/ Kat's story: https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2021/12/03/ottawa-fertility-doctor-siblings-lawsuit/ You can follow You Look Like Me on Twitter and Instagram: @YouLookLikeMe_ Louise is on Twitter and Instagram @LouiseJoUK And while you're here.... You Look Like Me is a labour of love from a two-person team, produced alongside our day jobs. It's also self-funded. If you want to support us you can buy us a coffee: http://ko-fi.com/youlooklikeme or set up a recurring donation in an amount of your choice here: https://www.patreon.com/YouLookLikeMe You Look Like Me is written and hosted by Louise McLoughlin. It is produced by Nathan Moore

Louise comes to terms with a new half-sibling match, while also speaking with other DC people who haven't been so lucky in their quest to find half-siblings. You can follow You Look Like Me on Twitter and Instagram: @YouLookLikeMe_ Louise is on Twitter and Instagram @LouiseJoUK And while you're here....You Look Like Me is a labour of love from a two-person team, produced alongside our day jobs. It's also self-funded. If you want to support us you can buy us a coffee: http://ko-fi.com/youlooklikeme or set up a recurring donation in an amount of your choice here: https://www.patreon.com/YouLookLikeMe You Look Like Me is written and hosted by Louise McLoughlin and produced by Nathan Moore

A surprise text from a stranger throws Louise McLoughlin's otherwise normal Wednesday night into disarray. We hear her digest the discovery in real-time, as she works to process her second half-sibling... and her first half-brother. Louise also speaks with Jen from Season 1, who has had her own share of unexpected moments in her journey after tracking down her biological mother.   You can follow You Look Like Me on Twitter and Instagram: @YouLookLikeMe_ Louise is on Twitter and Instagram @LouiseJoUK And while you're here....You Look Like Me is a labour of love from a two-person team, produced alongside our day jobs. It's also self-funded. If you want to support us you can buy us a coffee: http://ko-fi.com/youlooklikeme or set up a recurring donation in an amount of your choice here: https://www.patreon.com/YouLookLikeMe You Look Like Me is written and hosted by Louise McLoughlin and produced by Nathan Moore

Donor conceived journalist Louise McLoughlin is back with Season 2 of her chart-topping podcast. In this episode, Louise catches up with some of the people from Season 1, and explores how we can take our own experiences of being donor conceived and use them to influence change.  As Louise speaks to activists going down both new and traditional routes she asks, 'how do we make a difference in our own families, in the minds of strangers, or in our legal system?' You can follow You Look Like Me on Twitter and Instagram: @YouLookLikeMe_ Louise is on Twitter and Instagram @LouiseJoUK You Look Like Me is written and hosted by Louise McLoughlin and produced by Nathan Moore

On a randomly-selected bridge near Oxford, Louise meets her biological dad for the first time, alongside her half-sister Jess. As she revels in the joy and awkwardness of that first meet, she also speaks with other donor conceived people who weren't so lucky.  In the last episode of the first series, Louise sits down with Erin Jackson -- a well-known advocate in the DC world -- to break down lessons from the podcast so far, and to chat about what still needs to be done. And, naturally, there's one more DNA surprise in store for Louise. You can follow You Look Like Me on Twitter and Instagram: @YouLookLikeMe_ Louise is on Twitter and Instagram @LouiseJoUK You Look Like Me is hosted by Louise McLoughlin, edited by Tamsin Hughes, and recorded in lockdown

In the second last episode of the series, Louise calls a stranger, who she suspects may be her biological dad. And she speaks to others who have found their biological parents, to be met with open arms... or rejection.  You can follow You Look Like Me on Twitter and Instagram: @YouLookLikeMe_ Louise is on Twitter and Instagram @LouiseJoUK You Look Like Me is hosted by Louise McLoughlin, edited by Tamsin Hughes, and recorded in lockdown

Louise and Jess meet for the first time and try to figure out how to form a sibling bond with a stranger. Meantime, Louise speaks to others who have already navigated new-found half-brother/sister relationships.  But new siblings aren't the only DNA discoveries that lie in store for Louise. You can follow You Look Like Me on Twitter and Instagram: @YouLookLikeMe_ Louise is on Twitter and Instagram @LouiseJoUK You Look Like Me is hosted by Louise McLoughlin, edited by Tamsin Hughes, and recorded in lockdown

Louise gets her first close DNA match — and scrambles to work out if the stranger could be a half-sibling. In this second episode of a five-part series, Louise speaks to people who have found dizzying numbers of half-siblings... sometimes into the hundreds. And she examines what can happen in a fertility industry with no regulation. You can follow You Look Like Me on Twitter and Instagram: @YouLookLikeMe_ Louise is on Twitter and Instagram @LouiseJoUK You Look Like Me is hosted by Louise McLoughlin, edited by Tamsin Hughes, and recorded in lockdown