Donald’s longtime friend and fellow adoptee Scott Smith becomes the second link in the chain, sharing his own experience and helping begin the journey from one adoptee to the next.
A two- or three-sentence description of the guest’s story and the themes explored in the conversation.
Who am I? Where did I come from? What happens when new information changes the story you have always been told about yourself?
The conversations may explore late discovery, DNA results, family secrets, ancestry, culture, and the search for answers.
Adoption can create more than one definition of family.
Guests may talk about adoptive parents, biological relatives, siblings, reunion, separation, loyalty, connection, and what it means to belong.
There is no requirement that an adoption story be either tragic or inspirational.
The chain makes room for loss, anger, gratitude, confusion, laughter, healing—and the contradictions that often exist between them.
