185 – Cosmically Related

Donna, from Scottsdale, Arizona, had a condition at birth which meant she was going straight to the hospital before her adoption, insuring her detachment from her birth mother and her future family, until she recovered. When she was a teenager, Donna was cut off by her adoptive father when she got pregnant then placed her…

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Veronica

Before Season 11 begins I wanted to share some personal updates on my journey. Who Am I Really? Who Am I Really? Website – http://www.whoamireallypodcast.com/ Share Your Story – bit.ly/2imgrtv_Share Listen On Apple Podcasts – http://apple.co/2oOd25m Spotify – https://spoti.fi/2RN3jcB  Google Play – http://bit.ly/2oEU7bH TuneIn – http://tun.in/piyg9 Stitcher – http://bit.ly/2DsqBxk_Stitcher Player FM – https://player.fm/series/who-am-i-really Podbean – bit.ly/2I0ITeY_Podbean YouTube – http://bit.ly/2oF3yrH Social Media Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/WAIReally/ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/waireally/ Damon’s own story…

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181 – Living In Adoptionland

Bryan Elliott, writer, director, producer, grew up in Southern California feeling under prioritized by his adoptive mother. At an early age, he had ambitions of finding his birth family. After extensive research Bryan called a long list of women only to realize she was among those who had repeatedly told him, “sorry, it’s not me.”…

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180 – The Wandering Tree

Lisa, my guest from episode 168, “A Vein of Gratitude” is back to share how her reunion has been in the year since we spoke. Lisa and I chatted the night before Lisa met her birth mother for the first time. The COVID-19 pandemic had kept them apart, so the moment was imminent that they…

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177 – No Option To Ignore The Hard Stuff

Alyssa, from Jacksonville, Florida, is a biracial woman who was adopted into a white family in a white community. Living without racial mirrors. She realized in her youth, she was missing a connection to the black community. With identifying information, Alyssa was able to locate her biological parents quickly, but Alyssa is eternally grateful that…

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174 – It Wasn’t You

Larry, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, talks about his life as a transracial adoptee in a predominantly white community where many white parents adopted black children. In a desperate search for role models he latched on to some undesirable stereotypes of what a black man should be including stories he heard about his birth father. After…

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172 – I Died To Who I Had Been

After years of struggling to get along with her adoptive mother, who struggled as a World War II survivor, Danielle finally figured out the reasons for their differences. She’s a late discovery adoptee, but hers was less of a discovery, more of a revelation that overcame her in the middle of the night. She found…

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168 – A Vein Of Gratitude

When Lisa and I chatted, she was in a hotel in South Dakota, but she normally resides in Tennessee. She was in town for the momentous occasion of reuniting with her birth mother the next day. We agreed to chat ahead of time because Lisa knew she would be a different person after reunion. Lisa…

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