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Kay: A Self-taught Genetic Genealogist Discovers the Story of her Life
Episode 18
Kay was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1973 and immediately placed for adoption. After a stay in foster care, she was adopted into a small close-knit fa…
3 years, 2 months ago
Cormac: An Adoption, An Irish Mother-Baby Home, and the Search for Answers
Episode 17
Cormac was born into a mother-and-baby home in Ireland, which was known to be exceptionally cruel to both mother and child. He was adopted at five mo…
3 years, 2 months ago
Shari: From Foster Home to Wounded Healer
Episode 16
Shari was adopted at the age of four. She spent the first year in a hospital. Then went to several foster homes after that. When she met her adopted …
3 years, 2 months ago
Greg: Searching for a Place to Fit In
Episode 15
Greg was born California in 1969 and placed in a closed adoption as an infant after spending 6 weeks in foster care, which was a common practice with…
3 years, 3 months ago
Charity: Sometimes it takes Loss to be Found
Episode 14
Charity Elliott was born in 1969 and after spending 3.5 months in foster care was placed for adoption with the State of California. Growing up in Mi…
3 years, 3 months ago
Jim: When Trauma Leads to Love
Episode 13
Jim Serrano's origins as a domestic adoptee started on January 22nd, 1962 in San Jose, California. Being adopted at 6 months of age, his journey has …
3 years, 3 months ago
Emily: Putting the Pieces of Life Back Together
Episode 12
Emily Sinagra was born and relinquished, in 1958, at a Salvation Army Hospital for Unwed Mothers. After four months of foster care, she was placed in…
3 years, 3 months ago
Adam: When Pain Becomes Growth
Episode 11
Adam Anthony is a same-race, black adoptee and blogger on the platform "Onward & Upward," which explores his motivation for persona development, ment…
3 years, 4 months ago
Ruth: A Mother Searches for a Mother
Episode 10
Ruth Bendig is a “Baby Scoop Era” domestic adoptee. The oldest of her adoptive
parents' three children, she and her brothers were all relinquished as …
3 years, 4 months ago
Garth: A Midlife Discovery Exposes the Truth of Self
Episode 9
Given up at birth, placed in foster care, then adopted by a military family, Garth Garrett grew up always knowing he was adopted. He thought being ad…
3 years, 4 months ago