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Don: For This Adoptee, Finding His Roots Led to Peace
Episode 5
Like many people who went through the foster care system, Don Anderson was really curious about his roots. He started doing some research and realize…
11 months ago
Alejandra: For This Adoptee, Spirituality Was the Answer
Episode 4
Alejandra was adopted at five years old into a Mexican-American family. She had never sought her family of origin, but when they arrived unexpectedly…
11 months, 1 week ago
Jacqueline: For This Adoptee, Acceptance Brought Compassion
Episode 3
Jacqueline, now 63 and living in Cape Town, South Africa, was born in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1962, following a relationship between her English-born biol…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Sariah: An Adoptee from China Seeks Identity
Season 11 Episode 2
Sariah is a Chinese Adoptee adopted by a White American Mormon family and recently left the Mormon faith to find herself and to find her birth family…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Carol: A Lifelong Search and DNA Changed this Adoptee’s Life
Episode 1
Carol was born in Washington, DC, relinquished at birth in 1960, subsequently adopted in 1961 by a family who had adopted another daughter the year b…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Cameron Lee Small: The Adoptee's Journey: Season 10 Finale
Episode 12
Cameron Lee Small, MS, LPCC, is a licensed clinical counselor, transracial adoptee, and mental health advocate based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He wa…
1 year ago
Sandi: The Journey to Rediscovering Family and Self in Panama
Episode 11
Sandi Morgan Caesar is a transnational adoptee. She was born Cristina Rodriguez in Panamá to a 14-year-old girl who parented her for most of her 1st …
1 year ago
Carol: For This Adoptee, Early Searching Led to Present-Day Understanding
Episode 10
Carol Hoeksema was born at the Salvation Army Evangeline Home for unwed mothers in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1957, where she stayed the first 13 day…
1 year ago
Stephen: A Chance Viewing Led to a Search for Identity
Episode 9
Born in 1963, Stephen Payne was five weeks old when his parents adopted him through the Volunteers of America. He grew up an only child in a loving f…
1 year ago
Mary: How a Search Angel and DNA Changed This Adoptee’s Life
Episode 8
Mary, a seventh-generation Tennessean born in Memphis in 1986, was adopted and raised in Jackson, Tennessee, by a supportive family who encouraged he…
1 year, 1 month ago