Allison Breininger and Barbara Resch

Recorded July 24, 2010 37:58 minutes
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Id: MBX006939

Description

Barbara Resch (61) interviews her daughter Allison Breininger (30) about motherhood and Allison’s adoption of a Hatian child.

Subject Log / Time Code

AB discusses her fertility problems in her early 20s due to endometriosis.
AB discusses deciding to adopt outside of the country versus from within the US.
AB discusses meeting her adopted daughter and her family in Haiti, their living conditions and how long the process took.
AB discusses going to Haiti for a month to get the process moving after the Hatian Embassy wasn’t returning their calls.
AB discusses challenges in raising her Hatian daughter with she and her husband being white Americans.
AB talks about educating her family about adoption etiquette and racial sensitivity amongst family and friends.

Participants

  • Allison Breininger
  • Barbara Resch