Monica Hall
Adopted during infancy, Monica’s childhood is marked by trauma and dysfunction. As a teenager, she dulls her pain with risky behavior and petty crime. In adulthood, she turns to drugs […]
Bear Witness
Linda & Kyle
Kyle and his birth mother, Linda, share their emotional journey of reunion after Kyle’s adoption. Their video captures their feelings of shock, relief, and happiness at being reunited, as well
Linda Russell
Linda shares about the adoption of her first grandchild. Linda and her family maintained a limited connection with him, permitted to meet once a year in public places until he
Jamie S
Jamie shares her harrowing journey as a birth mother during the Baby Scoop Era, a period following World War II up to the Roe v. Wade decision, when many young
Tom Lux
Tom discusses his wife Candace’s emotional journey surrounding the adoption of her son. Her son reached out at 18, leading to a reunion, but communication dwindled over time, causing distress
Lorraine Dusky
Lorraine is a birthmom and an award-winning journalist, editor and author who prefers to write stories that will make a difference. Her controversial memoir, Birthmark, published in 1979, was the
Marcie Keithley
Meet Marcie, co-founder and vice president of the National Association of Adoptees and Parents and birthmom. In reunion since 2008, she co-founded Indiana Adoptee Network and testified multiple times throughout the years
Alicia Williams
Meet Alicia who grew up in an over-privileged white community, very much the over-indulged, spoiled child. She was close to her father, but her mother remained uninvolved and unengaged in
Lorah Gerald
Meet Lorah, one of the 4 million “baby scoop era” adoptees. She learns more than fifty years too late that a birth relative would have gladly raised her. As the
Susan Stidd
Meet Susan who was told growing up that a recessive Native American gene was responsible for her skin being darker. She embraced this would-be heritage until a 2014 DNA test