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Our Families Ourselves
Each week, "elder" millennial moms Ann-Sophie and Maria meet people who challenge the traditional notion of family-forming and parenting. We explore the joy, the pain, and - let’s face it - dysfunction of creating a family. Adoption, IVF, surrogacy, child-free by choice, and more … these are our families, told through our voices.
Our Families Ourselves
A Lifetime Original: How An Adoptee Found His Bio Parents with Mark Caffee
It could be a Lifetime movie or a work of fiction, but it’s one of the most incredible stories we’ve heard. Mark Caffee, communications consultant (and Ann-Sophie’s former boss), shares the remarkable journey of meeting his bio mom and bio dad — 50 years after he was adopted. Grab a mug of warm tea and get out your tissues for this episode!
Listen as we chat about:
- The journey of self-discovery growing up gay and adopted
- How adoption was very different in the 60s compared to today
- The rollercoaster journey of finding biological parents in a closed adoption
- Why open adoption is so important for adoptees to feel accepted and loved
- Nature vs. nurture in shaping self-identity
Two amazing organizations mentioned in this episode:
Hope Cottage
Casa of Los Angeles
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