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Blogs & Websites
Books
A Family from Barra: An Adoption Story, by Beryl Martin The author learned in her 50s that she’d been adopted and set out to reclaim her history, finding family in Barra, an island in the Hebrides.
Junkyard Girl: A Memoir of Ancestry, Family Secrets, and Second Chances, by Carlyn Montes De Ova A memoir about the author’s experience of discovering, at age 57, as a result of a DNA test, that her parents weren’t her parents.
Late Discoveries: An Adoptee’s Quest for Truth, by Susan Bennett As a result of taking a DNA test, the author learned at 43 years old that she’d been adopted and embarked on a search that led to the discovery of her family and her roots.
Puzzles, Pieces and Choices: A Memoir of My Struggle for Understanding and Closure, by R.J. Redmond The author was devastated to learn at age 30 that he’d been adopted and set out on a quest to find answers to the mysteries of his personal history.
Someone’s Daughter, by Aurette Bowes The author’s account of the impact of learning as an adult that she’d been adopted as a baby, her search for her birth family, and her embrace of dual identities
Surviving Secrets: A Journey of Resilience and Courage, by Margaret Watson Learning she was adopted at age 40 spurred an identity and life crisis for the author, who “embarked on a physical and spiritual journey to find her birth family and discover her true self.”
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Podcasts
Adoptees On, Season 2, Episode 5 A late-discovery adoptee was the last to learn, at age 33, what everyone else in his family already knew.
Adoptees On, Season 3, Episode 1 An episode about a man who, having relinquished a child when he was 19, discovered at age 35 that he’d been adopted.