The Adoption Experience

Adoptee Rights/Simone Biles/Kinship Adoption

The Adoptee Rights Coalition recently attended the National Conference of State Legislatures in Louisville, KY.  Lynn gives an update about the issues surrounding adopted people obtaining their original birth certificates.
Follow our Facebook page for the future updates:
https://www.facebook.com/AdopteeRightsCoalition
Simone Biles credited adoption in a recent interview with Hoda where she stated, "If not for my parents and adoption, I would not be here today."  Lynn discusses the controversary surrounding that and shares opinions surrounding kinship adoption as a form of family preservation.
Concerned United Birth Parents (CUB) Stand with Adoptees.  Read their official statements here:
https://concernedunitedbirthparents.org/adoptee-rights
Sign up for the CUB Retreat in Kansas City, MO:
https://concernedunitedbirthparents.org/
Sign up for the Adoption Knowledge Affiliates (AKA) virtual conference:
https://www.adoptionknowledge.org/virtual-conference.html
 
 
 
 

Narcissism & Adoption-Interview with Kristi Morris on Mother’s Day

I was excited to spend time with Kristi on Mother's Day discussing our shared experiences surrounding our narcissistic adoptive mothers.  We cover how the adoption industry is a breeding ground for narcissism, how a therapist helped Kristi understand narcissism, going No Contact with her enmeshing narcissistic adoptive mother, and what modalities of healing have helped her heal and cope with what she refers to as a "life sentence." Disclaimer:  Only a qualified mental health professional can diagnose Narcissistic Personality Disorder.  This podcast and the series related to narcissism is based on the adopted adult determining that his/her parent has a narcissistic personality style.  It is understood that not all adoptive parents are narcissistic, or even that most are. Comments for Kristi or Lynn can be sent to theadoptedgenealogist@gmail.com Writing process https://courses.crappychildhoodfairy.com/login Dr. Ramani’s new book, “It’s Not You!” https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/710202/its-not-you-by-ramani-durvasula-phd/
Photo credit: debyemm

Discussing Our Biological Fathers with Ande Stanley of The Adoption Files

Ande and I discuss our deceased biological fathers and how we would love to learn more about them.  If you happened to know one of our fathers, please email Lynn at theadoptedgenealogist@gmail.com.
 
 

What’s Happening in Adoptionland?

ASAC conference:
https://www.adoptionandculture.org/conference
Untangling Our Roots:
https://righttoknow.us/communityevent/untangling-our-roots-summit-2024/
Operation Fog Lift:
https://open.substack.com/pub/therealadopteamoxie/p/adoption-new-york-city-fieriness?r=1pbwya&utm_medium=ios
Relinquished book:
https://www.relinquishedbook.com/
Adoption Unfiltered book:
https://adoptionunfiltered.com/
The Last Daughter movie trailer:
https://youtu.be/VApJQrN7hN0?si=kpVDMq_c42CAdb3Z
The Last Daughter book:
https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/the-last-daughter
Black Cake (Hulu) trailer:
https://youtu.be/aHEF2D8yMes?si=p7OyvW9RwbZevdrt
Lifemark movie:
https://lifemarkmovie.com/
Little Bird (Amazon Prime):
https://www.amazon.com/Little-Bird-Season-1/dp/B0CJK3KYYN
Simon Benn Facebook Poll:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/TtedicYg56DWeWNh/?mibextid=WC7FNe
Conceiving Christian America (Embryo Adoption):
Book:
https://nyupress.org/9781479818594/conceiving-christian-america
Intro podcast with Ande at The Adoption Files:
https://theadoptionfilescom.wordpress.com/2024/02/25/conceiving-christian-america-introducing-a-new-series-on-snowflake-adoption/
Have an event you want discussed? Email Lynn @theadoptedgenealogist@gmail.com

National Adoption Awareness Month (NAAM)

*Adoptee Tik Tok
*Legislative Summit 2023 in Indianapolis
* Concerned United Birth Parents retreat 2023
*Celia Center adoption conference Nov 10, 11 2023
*Adoptee Rights 101
*Real ID complications (and passport update!)
*Adoptee Remembrance Day- 11/30/23 
*National Adoption Awareness Month
Show Notes:
NAAP Adoption Happy Hour:
https://naapunited.org/adoption-happy-hour
Preorder the book: "Relinquished:  The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood." 
https://www.amazon.com/Relinquished-Politics-Adoption-Privilege-Motherhood/dp/1250286778/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2A50CHXAVR2JZ&keywords=relinquished%3A+The+politics+of+adoption&qid=1699013928&s=books&sprefix=relinquished+the+politics+of+adoption%2Cstripbooks%2C74&sr=1-1
Celia Center adoption conference:
https://celia-center-adoption-constellation.mn.co/plans/339536?bundle_token=9059baf90d541a7b894e633227303955&utm_source=manual%20noopener
Real ID Debaucle:
https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/the-burning-question-will-the-government-finally-decide/id1598023322?i=1000633287479
Adoptee Remembrance Day Virtual Candlelight Vigil (10/30/23)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uun76F2JQpE&ab_channel=UnravelingAdoption-podcastandotherresources
 
 

Saving Our Sisters From Unnecessary Adoption

Learn about the nonprofit that was started by first mothers who are helping other women not have to go through what they did when they lost their children to an un-regulated adoption industry.
Correction:  Lisa Woolsey (I said her name wrong on the podcast) gave the training that I attended.
Learn about the Board of Directors of SOS here:
https://savingoursistersadoption.org/saving-our-sisters-about-us/boardofdirectors/
Family Preservation Project (Where Moms and Resources Meet):
https://thefamilypreservationproject.com/
 
 
 
 

Stop the Unregulated Adoption Industry

Pressure on UK government for formal apology re forced adoption:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/09/victims-of-forced-adoption-step-up-pressure-for-uk-government-apology
Adoption Trends (why a decline in adoption?)
Intersection of coercive control, the troubled teen industry (TTI) and adoption.  More on TTI here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFLaEnQ2Dp0&ab_channel=60MinutesAustralia
H.R. 1475 - Hospital Adoption Education Act:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1475/text
NAAP Happy hour replay of Friday 6.2.23 Zoom presentation of "All You Have is Love":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_G1yXypDcI&t=889s&ab_channel=NationalAssociationofAdoptees%26Parents
Trailer of the documentary here (pledge a donation!):
https://seedandspark.com/fund/allyouhaveislove#story
 
 
 
 
 

Kidnapped ”adoptee” in reunion

Our personal kinship adoption experience and subsequent open adoption; When God Calls you to adopt; risks of unlicensed adoption brokers; the Kamiya Mobley story (kidnapped child learns she is not the biological daughter of her "adoptive" mom when she is 18 years old).
 
Show Notes:
Risks of Unlicensed Adoption Brokers in Private Adoption:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onyzHGYKXOo&t=64s&ab_channel=AdoptionNetCle
When God Calls You to Adopt (by The Real Adoptee Moxie)
https://open.substack.com/pub/therealadopteamoxie/p/when-god-calls-you-to-adopt?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
The Kamiyah Mobley story:
https://www.hulu.com/series/beyond-the-headlines-the-kamiyah-mobley-story-with-robin-roberts-dd7e8f8f-7b48-4171-bdda-702251449f36
Link to my blog:
https://noapologiesforbeingme.blogspot.com/
 
 
 

Adoption in the News

Adoptee Citizenship Act; Adult Adoption Scam; Ohio Kinship and Adoption Navigators (OhioKAN); Korean Court Rules Against Adoption Agency: North Dakota ICWA law; Attorneys on the Bus; Rootstech Genealogy Conference
 
Show notes:
Latest on Citizenship for Intercountry Adoptees:
https://adopteerightslaw.com/adoptee-citizenship-act-status/
OhioKAN (help with kinship and adoption resources)
https://ohiokan.jfs.ohio.gov/our-program/
Ohio Justice Bus:
https://www.ohiolegalhelp.org/blog-5-25-2021-ohio-justice-bus
Family Search (Rootstech Genealogy Conference):
https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/
 
 

Being Adopted on Mother’s Day

Gun control; high school shooting threat; applying for a passport, (and reported problems with being adopted); Birth Mother’s Day, Mother’s Day; being adopted and menopause.
 
Show notes:
 
Blog about being adopted and getting a passport:
https://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/us-adoptees-have-trouble-getting-passports-due-to-sealed-records-law/
Interview at The Adoption Files with Lorraine Dusky, author of "Hole in my Heart:"
https://open.spotify.com/episode/76vrspm8FcEkDZfyvxDCz7?si=24Z6P-ABRM-_iMbSWTIFUA
 
Research about mother's and daughter's age of menopause:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9243205/
 BUY YOURSELF FLOWERS, LADIES!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7KNmW9a75Y&ab_channel=MileyCyrusVEVO