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Jennifer: With Pain Came Acceptance
Episode 5
Jennifer is an adoptee born in Orange County, California, in 1963. The first six weeks of her life remain a mystery. Although she was adopted by a lo…
1 year, 5 months ago
Adam: The Road Back to Oneself
Episode 4
Adam was adopted from Huentitán el Alto, in Jalisco, Mexico. Ron and Wendy had already adopted a son so they planned on adopting a girl as their seco…
1 year, 6 months ago
Melissa: A Long Road for Answers
Episode 3
Melissa was adopted at birth in 1965 in Little Rock, AR. Her adoptive parents were able to take her home at five days old straight from the hospital …
1 year, 6 months ago
Michelle: A Mohawk Adoptee Advocates for All
Episode 2
Michelle Rice-Gauvreau is a native Mohawk woman born in 1969 in Canada and raised in Connecticut via an illegal adoption, which was commonplace for m…
1 year, 6 months ago
Rebecca: Who Is a Worthy Mother?
Episode 1
Rebecca is an adoptee, mother, teacher, historian, and award-winning author of the recently published ‘Who Is a Worthy Mother'? An Intimate History o…
1 year, 6 months ago
Ann Fessler: The Girls Who Went Away. S8, Finale.
Episode 20
Ann Fessler is an author, filmmaker, and installation artist. Her work addresses the gap between the authoritative history one learns in history book…
1 year, 7 months ago
Julie: For this Adoptee, Belonging Comes from Within
Episode 19
Julie Brumley is a trauma-informed adoptee coach who has been coaching men and women for more than 15 years to overcome addictive behaviors and heal …
1 year, 7 months ago
Ann: For This Adoptee, A Long Wait for Answers
Episode 18
Ann Haralambie is an award-winning author and a trial and appellate attorney (a Certified Family Law Specialist and a Certified Child Welfare Law Spe…
1 year, 7 months ago
Lena: For This Adoptee, Reunion is Complicated
Episode 17
Lena Rosenbloom is a domestic, closed-adopted person from New Jersey. She was adopted in the 80s and raised as an only child in an adoptive family th…
1 year, 7 months ago
Stephen: For This Adoptee, Reunion Led to Surprises
Episode 16
Stephen Grochol is a Financial Planner in San Mateo, CA. He and his wife
just celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary and they have two daughters.
He…
1 year, 8 months ago