Who are my grandparents?

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

Chan Groccia and his cousin talk about her meeting her birth father for the first time and her view on adoption (part 1)

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...

International Adoption: How it Impacted a Daughter

Ali Townsend reflects on how her views on adoption have changed over the course of her life. Ali explains how adoption has both positively and negatively affected her identity, and details the adoption experiences she found most significant.

Chan Groccia and his cousin talk about her meeting her birth father for the first time and her view on adoption (part 2)

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...

Adoption and foster care

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

Story of My Mom

This interview is a story of the life of my mother when immigrating to America and starting a new life.

A Walk Down Memory Lane
November 27, 2022 App Interview

Natalie Coe Osorio (18) interviews Alice Coe (59) on the adoption and early childhood of Natalie as a newborn.

“Being BI-RACIAL isn’t about Color…it’s about Culture”-Jadin Afuvai

I look like an African American but I am Samoan by heart and blood. I identify as a Samoan and live the Samoan culture, though I do not speak the language.

Summary – The Adopted Cardiac Electrophysiologist, by Megan Bush

A summary of Glenn’s narrative surrounding his adoption, upbringing, his mother and father’s parenting style, and the interplay of heredity and environment in his life.

Equitable Dinners Stories! Adria Kitchens

Adria Kitchens is Program Manager for Out of Hand Theater. She leads Equitable Dinners! Here she talks about her journey to awareness of racism, learning the importance of communication to find equity, the revolution in Black people empowering and taking...

“I was known as Chester’s dark-skinned boy”

On March 4, 91 year old Dusty Rhodes, combat veteran, and NAACP member spoke about his life experiences from the balcony he loves to relax on at the Legacy at Cimarron Retirement Center. Here, he discusses his experience being his...

Grandpa

Today I interviewed my grandfather about them adopting me.

Sharing the gift of life

Sarah shares her struggles about hiding her teen pregnancy and her experience with adoption

Interview with my Mom 6/9/21

My mom shares some happy memories from her past. And offers some sage advice.

Dolores Johnson talks about having a member of her family be adopted and how she feels this affects her and her family.

Dolores Johnson talks about the adopted member of her family and her opinions on the effects of the adoption. This interview was conducted face to face, and it follows a series of questions concerning Dolores's opinions on how the adoption...

Randall Lorenz and Suzanne Malek

Suzanne Malek, TMCC Genealogy Librarian interviews Randall Lorenz regarding the the importance of Oct 30th as Adoption Remembrance Day. Randall also discusses his own story of adoption and the road to finding his biological family. It was his journey that...

Immagrant interveiw

The immagrant interview was like a interveiw that I had to question a immagrant about his life

Motherhood

My mom briefly talks about her childhood being adopted and then her experience as a mother.

My life story

Archer coming to the United States

Seeing you in my face

Adopted at 3 days old it’s taken 56 years to connect to my birth mother. Two continents, an adoption agency, a DNA test and Facebook reunite me to my birth family in th UK