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102 – It’s Always Maybe
Season 5 Episode 102
Breanna learned that she was fostered then adopted but for financial gain and she described her home as a hostile environment. Her adopted mother was…
12 hours ago
101 – This Is About Everybody
Season 5 Episode 101
In Debby’s home adoption was an open topic because she was fostered by her grandparents and adopted by their daughter. Unfortunately, she wasn’t welc…
1 week ago
279 - An Accident of Birth
Season 17 Episode 279
Alex, whom I spoke with live in Los Angeles, California, said growing up, he could never quite pinpoint the out-of-place feeling he carried in his ad…
2 weeks ago
278 - Consciously Keeping Everyone Separated
Season 17 Episode 278
Mikayla (alias), from Australia, never wanted to confront her adoption until she began thinking about starting a family of her own. Through DNA testi…
3 weeks ago
277 - Adopting Privilege
Season 17 Episode 277
Dr. Abby Hasberry spoke to me from Baltimore, Maryland. Transracially adopted, Abby was brought into a family that believed in racial harmony but did…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
276 - I Just Can't Make This Sh!t Up!
Season 17 Episode 276
Alejandra, who spoke to me from Tampa, Florida, said that growing up she towered over her Mexican parents as a blonde white woman. They loved her dee…
1 month ago
275 - That's The Girl Barbara Got
Season 17 Episode 275
Yvette, from Memphis, TN, shared that In her childhood no one would say the word "adopted",. After a tense moment in the neighborhood and a series of…
1 month, 1 week ago
274 - If Anything More Was Supposed To Happen, It Would've Happened
Season 17 Episode 274
Lauren, from southwest England in the UK, grew up knowing she was adopted and was loyal to her family, but applying to university and thinking throug…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
273 - Allowing The Grief of Each Little Separation
Season 17 Episode 273
Nicole, from outside London in the UK, grew up in Australia. As a teenager, Nicole struggled with her adoption, so after reaching out for help, her b…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
272 - Both Amazing and Bittersweet
Season 17 Episode 272
Greg, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, said when his son was born, he thought he could stroll into the D.C. adoption system to ask for his adoption recor…
2 months ago