Isaac's Story | From Ethiopia to the United States
Born in Ethiopia, Isaac spent the first five years of his life there before the deaths of both his birth parents led him to an orphanage. At five years old, he was adopted by a family in the United St...
6 Aug 45min
Jame's Story | Giving Adoptees a Voice. Adopted from Swansea to Cardiff in Wales
Born in Swansea, Wales, James entered foster care at just two and a half months old before being adopted into a family in Cardiff. Adoption has shaped James's life in many ways, and he speaks openly a...
23 Jul 22min
Dan’s Connection with His Birth Mother and The Search for His Birth Father
Podcast Episode from the An Adoption Story series. Dan was adopted from Manchester, UK, when he was just six months old. He has always known he was adopted and grew up alongside four siblings.In his 2...
19 Jul 17min
Charlotte's Story | Finding Those Missing Pieces of Her Story
Adopted at less than a month old from Pittsburgh, United States, Charlotte Schramm grew up questioning what adoption meant and why she had been placed for adoption. As she got older, those unanswered ...
5 Jun 28min
Kelly’s Lifelong Search for Her Māori Roots
From our An Adoption Story series. You can watch her documentary on Alex Gilbert’s YouTube channel. Kelly Stringer was adopted at just two weeks old in Christchurch, New Zealand, and grew up in a fami...
12 Mai 15min
Jay Barbanel’s Story from Costa Rica | Finding Tico: Those Fragments of Memory
Jay Barbanel was born in Costa Rica and spent his early years surrounded by instability and uncertainty. After being taken from his birth mother, he and his brother were placed in an orphanage and lat...
28 Apr 36min
Arna’s Search to Understand Where She Came From
From our An Adoption Story series. You can watch her documentary on Alex Gilbert’s YouTube channel. Adopted as a baby in Auckland, New Zealand, Arna (Anna Francesca) Intra grew up always knowing she w...
10 Apr 14min
