Rebecca is an adoptee, mother, teacher, historian, and award-winning author of the recently published ‘Who Is a Worthy Mother'? An... more

Ann Fessler is an author, filmmaker, and installation artist. Her work addresses the gap between the authoritative history one learns... more

Julie Brumley is a trauma-informed adoptee coach who has been coaching men and women for more than 15 years to... more

Ann Haralambie is an award-winning author and a trial and appellate attorney (a Certified Family Law Specialist and a Certified... more

Lena Rosenbloom is a domestic, closed-adopted person from New Jersey. She was adopted in the 80s and raised as an... more

Stephen Grochol is a Financial Planner in San Mateo, CA. He and his wifejust celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary and... more

Jennifer Dyan Ghoston is a same-race domestic foster alum and adoptee in reunion with both sides of her biological family.... more

Kelly was born in 1970 and grew up in Wichita, Kansas. Her parents divorced before she could remember and she... more

Dr. Liz DeBetta, creator of Migrating Toward Wholeness© is an adoptee and independent scholar-artist-activist committed to changing systems and helping... more

Born at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Greenwich Village on Nov. 11, 1954, Michael was adopted five weeks later by... more

Lea is an adoptee born at the end of the Baby Scoop era, 1970. She was born and raised in... more

Patti Eddington is a newspaper and magazine journalist whose favorite job ever was interviewing famous authors who came through town... more

Kathleen was born in 1968 in Northern California. Her birth mother relinquished her for adoption immediately upon birth, and Kathleen... more

Gaynor was born in a mother-and-baby home and spent the first six weeks of life there before being adopted in... more

Adopted at birth, Ajé loved sharing her adoption story throughout her childhood. She always had a feeling that she had... more

Angela was born in Nebraska in 1979 and adopted at 3 days old. She grew up in a family that... more

Magali was born in Sri Lanka in 1992 and adopted by French parents when she was 2 months old. She... more

Jeff is an adoptee born in 1964 in Salt Lake City Utah. He is the middle of 4 children (an... more

Julie Ryan McGue is an American writer, a domestic adoptee, and an identical twin. In her books, essays, and blogs,... more

Stephen Rowley, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist practicing on Bainbridge Island,Washington. He is an adoptee and the father of an adopted... more

Carolyn Hill-Bjerke is an adoptee born in 1967, during the Baby Scoop Era.She was born to 20-year-old students at the... more

Trishina was born in 1991 in Sevastopol, Ukraine, and was adopted at 18 months old. She was always curious about... more

Season 7 FinaleGretchen Sisson, PhD is a qualitative sociologist who studies abortion and adoption in the United States, based at... more

Steve Inskeep is an adoptee and adoptive parent born in 1968, the peak year for adoptions in America during the... more

Christina Thanstrom is a baby Scoop-era adoptee born in Los Angeles in 1966. A loving couple adopted her in 1967... more

Mark Diebel has been married for almost 46 years and has two sons and two grandchildren. He has been serving... more

Cary is a baby scoop-era adoptee who was born in a Florence Crittenton Home in Atlantic City NJ in 1964.... more

Ellen is a baby scoop-era New York State adoptee. She was adopted by a loving Greek American couple through a... more

Simone Pajo was born in Auckland New Zealand in 1968, the baby scoop era. She was the middle child... more

Ryan Anderson is a foundling and a transnational, transracial, and late discovery adoptee (LDA). Found on the street in El... more

Jessica is a 1970 baby scoop-era adoptee, who started discovering her roots at age 50. After more than 80 years... more

Valerie Naiman is an adoptee, singer, story-songwriter, eco-village founder, ontologist, and author. Her #1 bestseller book, Mystic Masquerade, an Adoptee's... more

Chris Valdheims is a domestic adoptee born in the late 1970s and adopted in the early 1980s after spending years... more

After being an only child all her life, Margaret Jane’s adoptive parents adopted four more children through the foster care... more

Susan Ito is the author of the memoir, I Would Meet You Anywhere, published by the Ohio State University Press... more

Stacie is a Canadian born and an adoptee to same race and religion parents in 1991-1992. She is part of... more

Ken DeStefano is a domestic adoptee born in the late 1960's and raised in a caring and loving home. ... more

Victoria Rich never expected to search for her biological family. Always curious about her origins, she did a photography project... more

John Frey was born in Vietnam and brought to the United States as part of Operation Babylift when he was... more

Kristal Parke is a talented Cree filmmaker, producer, podcast host, and adoptee, whose personal journey has driven her to explore... more

Lorah Gerald is a same race, domestic, Baby Scoop Era, preRoe adoptee. She posts as The Adopted Chameleon on Facebook,... more

Sarah D. Shearer is a writer, wife, and mother. She was adopted from Russia as a baby but has spent... more

Born in Edinburgh in 1963, Roy grew up an only child and always knew he was adopted, or as his... more

Pam Uzzell is a documentary filmmaker and podcaster currently living in Oakland, CA. She is the director and producer of... more

Sally King is an adult adoptee from the foster system. Growing up she knew she did not seem to fit... more

Jane is a baby scoop-era adoptee born in 1963 in Delaware to a 14 yr. old mother. After being in... more

Born in 1970, Sean Broderick was adopted at birth and always knew he was adopted as long as he can... more

Katherine Sanford is yet another adoptee caught up in the Baby Scoop Era of U.S. closed adoptions and the restrictive... more

Join us for a deep dive into 'loss' with David Benjamin (guest:Season Two) and Moses Farrow (guest:Season Five). To find... more

Nikole Shaw also known as "Koko" in the online community was born in Hawaiian Gardens, California, growing up in the... more

Shelley Jean is a baby scoop-era domestic adoptee born in 1970. She was in foster care for about 2 months... more

Kevin Barhydt is a YouTube creator and the author of Dear Stephen Michael’s Mother. His YouTube channel creates a safe... more

Monica Hall is an author, adoptee, and birthmother. She was born in Canada, adopted by American parents, and raised in... more

A few kismet moments in her early twenties led her on a journey of discovering who she looks like. Vicky... more

Moses Farrow, LMFT is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, who has 20+ years of working in the mental health... more

Haley Radke is an adoptee advocate and the creator and host of the popular podcast, Adoptees On, where adopted people... more

Gregory D. Luce is a Minnesota-based attorney born and adopted in the District of Columbia. He is the founder of... more

Allison Olson is an adoptee from a closed adoption in 1979. She is also an adoptive parent, raising awareness of... more

Andy was born Anthony in April 1970 in Paisley just outside Glasgow, Scotland in 1970. Although in a material sense,... more

Adopted in California in 1975, Jessica's family moved to Pennsylvania around the age of two. As a child, she slowly... more

Rita W. Miller was relinquished into the social service foster care system at 6 months of age. In her mind,... more

Sarah and Louise have a powerful and meaningful discussion with Gabrielle Glaser, author of American Baby, and Margaret Erle Katz,... more

Elle Klassen is a Canadian who was born to a young woman of nineteen years of age in 1970. She... more

Patrick Hawes was born in North Carolina on August 10, 1970, and officially adopted in September 1970. From an early... more

Janet M was born in Virginia in the late 1970’s to a 16-year-old mother. At 6 weeks old she was... more

Rivi Shocket was born in Baltimore Maryland in 1987. She was adopted two days after she was born and had... more

Terrie Novak was adopted as an infant in 1967. She and her adopted brother, Gene, grew up in the security... more

Mike Berman was conceived in Bay City, Michigan in November 1944 and was born onAugust 8, 1945 in Nashville, Tennessee... more

Mireille Landry is an interracial adoptee who, alongside her identical twin sister, was adopted at 3 months old and... more

Faith Brady was born on 22 June 1969 and adopted one month later when the US landed on the moon.... more

Chris Stearns is Navajo and was adopted in the mid-1960s before the Indian Child Welfare Act existed. His mom was... more

Nancy Davis was born in Florida in 1949 and adopted by a family from New York. The adoption was private... more

An unofficial adoption. David Enker was born in Amsterdam in 1970, following the Summer of Love of 1969. Relinquished a... more

I’m Annie O. O stands for my last name. O is round. It’s a hole I still live in, that... more

Mariela Andersen is the author of "Home Sweet Casa: A Journey to The Universal Heart". Her book is the story... more

Paige Strickland is an Ohio “Baby-Scoop Era” adoptee, teacher, mom of two and grandmother of three. She is the author... more

Sarah and Louise join their season three authors, A.M. Homes, Damon Davis, and Megan Culhane Galbraith in an intimate roundtable... more

Rudy Owens is a Detroit native, born in the mid-1960s at Crittenton General Hospital of Detroit, one of the country’s... more

Kate Betancourt was born in 1978 in Bogotá Colombia. She spent three months in the hospital after her Mother left,... more

Jeffrey Leventhal was born In 1970 in Miami, FL, and didn’t learn until age 12 that he was adopted. He... more