He learned he has 35 siblings. Here’s how he aired his family secret.

Buying a DNA kit prompted Noam Tomaschoff’s parents to tell him he was donor-conceived. He and two childhood friends wrote a musical about the discovery. Seven of his newly found half siblings traveled from the United States to a Toronto performance on November 8.

Page interviews the parents and several siblings about what disclosure made possible and what they preferred to keep private. The Washington resident now spends time with a half sibling who lives nearby.