Ten Sisters, the PBS Documentary, is based on the true story of ten sisters who grew up with few material advantages, but believed that they had a happy childhood. "Separated by the Court, Reunited by the Bonds of Family" is the subtitle for this documentary.

In 1942, their lives changed in a heartbeart when a trip to a courthouse one day separated them from each other. Producer Tim Hartin, painted a heart-wrenching picture of the inseparable sisters being torn apart... more

Back in March 2006 I wrote a blog about Georgia Tann and Black Market Adoptions. That blog is accessible at http://birthfamily-search.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/georgia-tann.

Today, I learned of a new book that is coming out about Georgia Tann via a news article at http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/Content?oid=oid%3A24386.

The story of Georgia Tann is being told by New York author... more

Gov. Charlie Crist denied he fathered a child 17 years ago. But some wonder whether he has an ethical duty to prove it.

I’m telling you, there is a new trend on the horizon. The trend involves adoption and politics. First, a presidential candidate, who happens to be an adoptee is considering a search for his birth mother. Then, another politician discovers a sibling who ends up attending his swearing-in eremony. The... more

Just when you think you have heard all there is to hear, along comes a story like this one! How a parking violation could be related to adoption is a weak possibility. However, if I can walk down the street, see a hole in a fence and relate that to adoption, I suppose anything is possible. (Yes, I can relate a hole to adoption, but I will blog about that on my firstparent blog later in the week.)

David Munro was searching a state-run court records database late last year looking for his parking citation when he stumbled across a piece... more

A man who spent the first minutes of his life wrapped in a towel on the larder shelf of a house in Portadown, has returned to his birthplace in search of his past.

From Great Britain comes this story about a young man who returned to the house where he was born and abandoned 35 years ago. A young woman left him at a stranger's house shortly after giving birth.

Apparently, the young woman who was described as probably a "school girl... more

The documentary Unlocking the Heart of Adoption will screen at the Adoption Connections Training Institute: OneWorld Neighborhood - 3rd International Conference on Post Adoption Services, February 19-21, 2007, at the Hotel Marlowe, Cambridge, Massachusetts. ACTION has begun to establish a network that will exchange ideas, knowledge, models, and resources to provide the best possible services for all members of the extended "Family of Adoption." For information and registration visit: http://www.kinnect.org/training.html#ACTION

The... more

Another Law & Order episode centered around a young woman who had disappeared after her parents were killed and they believed she was having an affair with a married man. The story line turns out that the man was her natural father who was still having an affair with the natural mother after 20 years. The story ended that the natural parents arranged for the adoptive parents to be killed so the adoptee could inherit the three million dollars from her adoptive family and were then the natural parents were going to arrange for the adoptee to be killed as well.... more

Now the Op-Ed in the NY times was printed November 29, 2005 and in addition to telling her story she admits to how she lied, committed fraud, and stole private records of her adoption to try to increase the odds that her son would get the correct medical treatment. Carol felt so entitled to do whatever she had to get that information. It is probably true that many parents would do what she did and I guess I personally was a little taken back by this admittance of guilt.

We live in a society where the are tow political parties that argue that that abortion... more

“Your Secret’s Safe with Me” by Carol Barbieri, an adoptee from NJ who is also a wonderful writer! Her op-ed was in the NY Times in 2005 and another one was published recently in The Record (Bergen Co., NJ)

This song is up on broadjam.com. It is free and anyone can listen. How to locate the song is by clicking on the search box and typing in Carol Barbieri for the artist names. When you click okay a list of songs will come up and you will see Your Secret’s Safe with Me. You can click on view song info and all the lyrics and the story behind the song can... more

We wouldn't have cared a bit about the mistakes she had made. We wouldn't have judged her. We would have understood.

Adoption stories are in the news often these days. However, I never tire of reunion stories as many have such varied and interesting twists and turns. This story is no exception.

I loved the positive attitude of the adoptee in this story as well. She could have become embittered... more