Adoptees telling their own stories of life in adoption, their search for their birth family, and how their reunion attempt turned out.... more
Kurt, from in Las Vegas, Nevada, felt like something was off in his family when he was a kid, so... more
Patrice, from Northern Virginia, said that in her house adoption was never discussed when she was a kid. So her... more
Sharon, from Springfield, Missouri, grew up in a small town as part of a large family. After leaving home, she... more
Janet spoke to me from her home in Nantucket, Massachusetts. She grew up with an adoptive mother who presented to... more
Here is the edited version with improved grammar:Baya called me from Basking Ridge, New Jersey. She was raised in Germany... more
Jim, from Gilroy, California, Jim was born in the early 1960s in San Jose, California. His adoption story is complex,... more
Moses is an adoption trauma educator and therapist, but his own personal journey as an adoptee is one of hardship... more
Breanna learned that she was fostered then adopted but for financial gain and she described her home as a hostile... more
After two years in foster care, Janet was adopted into the foster family. An interracial woman, she grew up in... more
John called me from Charlotte, NC, but his story starts in Ontario Canada. He shares how he grew up in a... more