140 - I Wanted To Be My True Self
Darryl, from Australia, admits he had a challenging childhood from his relationship with his adoptive father, to their family's need to move around a lot because they were so poor, and his experience ...
28 Maalis 45min
139 -A Sense Of Peace And Calm
Wendy, from Minnesota, had a lot of information about her natural mother and assumed the woman would want to know her, but that wasn't the case. They corresponded once, solely for her natural mother t...
14 Maalis 38min
144 – Gullah Girl
Brandi, who called me from myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is an inquisitive person adopted in to a family with a history of scholars, which is rare for a black family in the south. DNA led Brandi to a ...
7 Maalis 28min
143 - He Really Stepped Up
When Susan, from Irving, Texas, found her natural mother, she learned she was conceived in transit when two young lives collided, then never saw one another again. Her birth mother's life seemed too ...
28 Helmi 42min
136 – Your Absence Has Gone Through Me
To date, I’ve only interviewed a few guests who weren't adoptees, and this will be another one. Today you're going to meet Anne-Marie from Southern California who drafted an impassioned submission to ...
21 Helmi 1h 26min
134 – Destined To Be Unique
Liz, from Michigan, grew up in a neighborhood full of adoptees, so it wasn’t until years later in the Dominican Republic teaching a class with a lot of adoptees in it that her own adoption sunk in. Af...
14 Helmi 51min
127 – I Think I Was Afraid Of Knowing
Jim, who now lives in Delaware, said growing up he had no desire to search for his first family. After his parents passed and he found his adoption name change form, his feelings about a search change...
7 Helmi 46min
141 - That Wasn't The Real Me
Gloria called me from Texas where she grew up with Mexican parents. In younger days she tried to find the ways she looked like her family. In adulthood, following the whim of some co-workers, Gloria d...
31 Tammi 56min
