4 [S1 E4] Becky

An interview with Becky Drinnen, a fellow adoptee who shares her experiences as a baby scoop adoptee and the pain of secondary rejection. We also discuss her Sherlock-Holmes-level searching skills to find her biological father.

Show Notes

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Full episode transcript here.

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Topics We Discussed

• Baby Scoop Era

• “First born” adoptee, then adoptive parents had two biological children

• Searching (pre-internet) during the early 1980s

• Secondary rejection

• Keeping her own child after an unexpected pregnancy

• Adoption Network Cleveland

• My Family Tree DNA Kit, Ancestry.com, Spokeo.com

• Martha Beck, Life Coaching

• Search & Reunion with biological father

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Recommended Resources

• Frank Ligtvoet, "On the Venerable American Bar Association or the Myth of Normal and Good in Adoption"

• www.adopteerestoration.com

• Ann Fessler, The Girls Who Went Away

• Connecting with the adoptee community (not just online but) in person: adoptees, adoptive parents, biological mothers/fathers.

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