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Rita Danilo (45) and her husband Hugo Danilo (47) talk about their relationship, growing up together and how they eventually decided to have and adopt a total of 10 children.

My sibling adoption experience

Reflecting on meeting my (half) sister, Chrissy, for our first year together.

One Small Step partners Kenneth Sharrock (60) and Leslie Kaplan (56) talk about religion, ancestry, and the guiding influences of their political beliefs.

A meaningful talk with my adoptive mom about us, 9/11, and my adoptive Dad Jon.

In this interview we talked about my parents’ journey of adopting me and everything that happened before and after.

Interview with my dad on adoption

Family, growth, the future and the past

Jean searching for her mother after 50 years of a cold case closed adoption.

In honor of National Adoption Month, I interviewed my 13-year old sister Lillian Hart, who was adopted from China, about her feelings about adoption and about where she came from.

I had an interview with my lovely mother on October 7, 2018. We discussed what it is like to be a parent, her favorite memories of me, and more. We discussed snippets of her childhood and other parts of her...

Interview with my mother

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A Nana tells her grandson what it was like growing up in the country and city during the Second World War, being Black in segregated America, and other challenges she faced later in life.

After a finialized adoption at age five, I have never known a life without my adoptive family. This interview just gave some insight on how my family came to be what it is today.

My whole adoption process was a mystery till now.

This is an interview with an adopted child and their adoptive mother about how the adoption has affected their lives.

In this interview I got to know things about my mom I didn’t know before.

One Small Step partners Brad Hansen (70) and Stormy Johnston (68) have a conversation about their childhoods and life experiences.

We talked about how she grew up and who she counted on the most in her life, and we talked about our favorite memory together.

the story of Kay Berken and adopting her children the struggle the emotions and feelings and the process of adopting .

Mother and daughter Sharon Marcyes (82) and Lisa Marcyes (46) discuss their family history, Sharon’s childhood, and her 52-year marriage.

Asking my grandpa about his life, in chronological order.

One Small Step conversation partners Ree Ann Steep (71) and Lori Izykowski (63) discussed about politics.

We spoke about her early life as a child. And how that eventually lead to where she is now in life