The Complexities of Reunion: Exploring Adoptees' Emotional Journey
Family reunification for adoptees: our journeys, challenges and advice
Our family reunification stories (as adoptees)
Scouring through facebook, twitter, and adoption boards to find your biological family is a heavy journey. There are so many risks: what if they reject us again? What if they abandon us again? What if our adoptive parents feel offended? Not to mention, we’re going to have to build relationships with our biological family from the ground up.
Reunion is different for every adoptee. Through sharing our own reunification stories, we give you tips on how to reunite with your biological family, what expectations to manage, whether your biological family should meet your adoptive family, and how reunification interrupts lives other than your own.
What we discussed
(00:00) Family reunification is different for every adoptee
(02:42) Our family reunion experiences and expectations
(17:06) Runification = Interrupting lives
(21:54) Challenges of family reunification OR Hardest parts of family reunification
(29:06) Next steps in our reunion journeys
(32:44) Tips for starting your family reunion journey
Links
Peer Support Space (Support Group - Adult Survivors of the Child Welfare System)
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Credits
Special thanks to Samuel Oyedele for editing our podcast, support his work on Instagram or e-mail him at Drumaboyiglobal@gmail.com
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