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Evaine Kirkland (21) and his mother Tara Kirkland-Rainey (61) talk about becoming an adopted family and how Evaine's life has changed.

Interview with a History Major with a Russian Minor

Linda R. Elkin (64) and her daughter Joan Mifflin (44) were recently reunited after Linda gave Joan up for adoption when she was born.

Lotus (10) interviews her 93 year old grandfather. They talk about his memories growing up in San Francisco and what he thought when her parents adopted her from guatemala

Tom White, son of Carol Fleckles White, talks with his uncle, Charles Schoebel Fleckles about moving from Massachusetts to Southern California with his family as a teenager in the early 1950's. Tom also moved from Massachusetts to California in 1979.

This interview is about life. Creative Arts therapist Shawn Dubin and her Earth conscious recycling niece Jennifer Mabley discuss their family, values, and life.

Miscellaneous stories with Chuck Judge.

In this interview, conducted in December 2017 in Killington, Vermont, Chan Groccia (16) interviews his cousin Elena (24) about her view on adoption and meeting her birth father for the first time. Elena shared her view on adoption and its...

We talk about our shared experiences growing up, adopting our brother, going to high school, and college. Please excuse the ending, where the app glitches.

In this interview, my mom reflects on her life. She also reminisces on her father.

I interviewed my grandmother Almita Vamos about her mother’s (my great grandmother) escape from Czarist Russia. A fascinating story about the inspirational and driven Rose Hyman.

One Small Step Conversation partners Robert "Bob" Pavlik (60) and Vince Gonzalez (43) talk about their families, political beliefs and division in our country.

Papa Jack talks about his family from Russia who immigrated to America 1920.

B Boyer: 2020-11-27 21:41:10.A conversation with the judge that presided over my adoption. My judge has continued to be part of my life and I wanted to learn more about him.

A bit about how I was first adopted, from my mother’s point of view.

I interviewed my father. It was really interesting to hear about his family history. I also loved hearing about his childhood because he has never told me about it. I learned a lot of new things about him and I...

A son interviewing his mom

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For this project, I interviewed Dr. Justus Hartzok about his time in Russia working on his doctoral dissertation. During this interview, we discussed his interest in history, his host family, and various obstacles he had to adjust to.

Sydney Joles (15) asked her mother, Cynthia Wray (52) what it was like to be adopted.

Dr. Margaret Watson (77) and Kent Watson (81) talk about their childhood and what brought them together. They discuss topics related to education, life and family.

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Bubbe (Myrna Tyson) and Grampy (Neal Tyson) to age 10!

My 86 yr old Dad recounts storytelling as entertainment, & our family’s oldest story plus a bit of alcohol & guns!

My mom, Denise Leadingham talked her experience in foster and adoption.