091 – I’m In The Middle Of Two Stories

Ashley had one of those moments where talking to her biological sister felt so familiar it was like texting and and responding to herself.  But her birth mother’s pain and uneasiness over Ashley’s desire to learn anything about her birth father was too much for the woman, and their relationship suffered. When she found her birth father … Read more

075 – I’m Good On My Own, I Know Who I Am

In her adopted family Tameko’s parents just assumed that as an adoptee, she was misbehaving, but when her older adopted brother showed up he actually started framing her for terrible things, trying force her out. Even worse, he abused her. On her search, she read a description of her birthmother that humanized her, but the first pictures Tameko saw … Read more

197 – Why Such A Secret?

Lisa and I connected right before she was going to meet her biological father for the first time and a cousin she’s completely enamored with. Lisa shared that she was adopted as an infant into a failing marriage where divorce soon followed. While other people outwardly noticed how different she looked from her brother, she … Read more

198 – So Many Twists And Turns

I think of Pam, from outside of Richmond, Virginia, as a late discovery adoptee who learned she was adopted when another child spilled the tea. Speaking with her adoptive mother about the news she was adopted, Pam learned that she was supposed to be placed temporarily, not adopted into another family. Pam’s reunion journey has … Read more

199 – Patty Gave Me Life Twice

Pippa, from California, Pippa grew up in a wonderful Irish family where she and her brother were supported and loved. When her brother’s birth mother found him, it catalyzed Pippa’s desire to return to Ireland to find her birth family. In reunion Pippa found a birth mother who had suffered a lot of loss in … Read more

201 – It’s A Journey To Fit In And Connect

Amy, from outside of Chicago, grew up looking visibly different than her family in a way that didn’t meet societal stereotypes for her family’s beliefs causing her to have to explain her adoption more than she might’ve liked. Curious about her ethnicity and background Amy found links to her birth family through DNA. In her … Read more

202 – Healing Tree

Danielle, from Kirkland, Washington, has always felt love and loyalty to her adoptive family. So when the doors of reunion were thrown open and information started flying at her, she fell flat on her face. Danielle lived a reunion experience so many adoptive people have imagined — her birth mother IS a celebrity. While that … Read more