I went home and I pulled up my shirt and I said, I got laughed at today and this is why there's something wrong. And my mother's reaction was so interesting. It was like her face was very plank.

I went home and I pulled up my shirt and I said, I got laughed at today and this is why there's something wrong. And my mother's reaction was so interesting. It was like her face was very plank.

That's Alison Landa speaking about the realization that changed her life.

That's Alison Landa speaking about the realization that changed her life.

And I was, of course in tears. It was something that I never expected would have happened to me. And then when I realized this is not just happening to me, this is who and what I am. I needed her to help me, and I started to realize in that moment, help is not afoot. This is probably not going to happen.

And I was, of course in tears. It was something that I never expected would have happened to me. And then when I realized this is not just happening to me, this is who and what I am. I needed her to help me, and I started to realize in that moment, help is not afoot. This is probably not going to happen.

I'm Danny Shapiro and welcome to the new season of Family Secrets. Sometimes it's hard to believe we're entering our eighth season, and yet we're constantly discovering new secrets of them. The variety of them continues to be astonishing. I can't wait to share ten incredible stories with you, stories of tenacity, resilience, and the profoundly necessary excavation of long held family secrets. Welcome to season eight, which drops on Thursday, May fourth. Here's Isaac Fitzgerald reflecting on New Year's Eve nineteen ninety nine and the promise of a new millennium.

I'm Danny Shapiro and welcome to the new season of Family Secrets. Sometimes it's hard to believe we're entering our eighth season, and yet we're constantly discovering new secrets of them. The variety of them continues to be astonishing. I can't wait to share ten incredible stories with you, stories of tenacity, resilience, and the profoundly necessary excavation of long held family secrets. Welcome to season eight, which drops on Thursday, May fourth. Here's Isaac Fitzgerald reflecting on New Year's Eve nineteen ninety nine and the promise of a new millennium.

We were excited. Yeah, clean slate, and we couldn't wait for it because why not restart look at all the things that were going wrong. One of the movies that were very drawn to, which was that same kind of time period, was Py Club. What we've really loved about that film was.

We were excited. Yeah, clean slate, and we couldn't wait for it because why not restart look at all the things that were going wrong. One of the movies that were very drawn to, which was that same kind of time period, was Py Club. What we've really loved about that film was.

It ends with this wipeing of the deck, this idea that maybe society could restart. And we thought that would be tremendous.

It ends with this wipeing of the deck, this idea that maybe society could restart. And we thought that would be tremendous.

Because when you're on the bottom, that's what you're always hoping for, a reshuffler.

Because when you're on the bottom, that's what you're always hoping for, a reshuffler.

You want to see if you can get delta better hand. This head sucks.

You want to see if you can get delta better hand. This head sucks.

And Carmen Rita Wang, who spent much of her life wondering about her very identity.

And Carmen Rita Wang, who spent much of her life wondering about her very identity.

Something was gnawing at me that I couldn't put my finger on that. I just felt somehow that there was a piece missing. I was looking for where Poppy lived in me. It wasn't that I was looking for being Chinese. The culture was there, the ethnicity was there. I'm talking about like the human being of Peter, which was what his name was, Peter Wang. Where was he in me? His attitude, his personality, his temper, his jokes, like all these sort of things, Where was it and I couldn't find it. And that's where kind of the seed was planted that something was up.

Something was gnawing at me that I couldn't put my finger on that. I just felt somehow that there was a piece missing. I was looking for where Poppy lived in me. It wasn't that I was looking for being Chinese. The culture was there, the ethnicity was there. I'm talking about like the human being of Peter, which was what his name was, Peter Wang. Where was he in me? His attitude, his personality, his temper, his jokes, like all these sort of things, Where was it and I couldn't find it. And that's where kind of the seed was planted that something was up.

I hope you'll join me and my extraordinary guests for this new season of Family Secrets, coming Thursday, May fourth, from iHeartMedia and available wherever you get your podcasts.

I hope you'll join me and my extraordinary guests for this new season of Family Secrets, coming Thursday, May fourth, from iHeartMedia and available wherever you get your podcasts.