An interview with Ellie who shares her story of being an in-family adoptee; adopted by her great uncle and aunt, Ellie shares what her current relationship is like with her birth mother, who is now legally her cousin.

Show Notes

Full episode transcript here.

Topics We Discussed

In-Family adoption (by Great Aunt & Uncle; now birth mother is legally her cousin)
Finding out she was adopted at age 11
Relinquishment after infidelity/divorce
Adoptive parents have three older biological daughters
As an in-family adoptee, wondering who else knows her biological position in the family
Her adoptive parents and some things they could have done differently
In-Family adoption vs closed adoption
The importance of getting into therapy
Coming out of the fog, #flipthescript
Deciding whether or not to connect to her biological father
Faith journey
Haley's experience with secondary rejection
Feeling different from her adoptive family, even though she has a biological connection
Attempting to build a deeper relationship with her birth mother